Self-identity is a form of individuality that has been molded by the surroundings people enclose themselves with. Human beings are constantly interpreting who they are. The human mind is a stream of thought that is constantly churning in motion, while the evolution of the conscious awareness is a lifetime process of interpreting the world around us. Sherman Alexie, a Spokane-Coeur d'Alene American novelist, exemplifies the conflict of self-identity in his novel Flight, where he seeks to reveal the value of his ancestry from several tribes and render the importance of the daily challenges Native Americans face from within their history.
Sherman Alexie was born on October 7, 1966, in Spokane, Washington. He grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation …show more content…
There he learned the importance of truly exposing what Native American culture should be represented as. Flight is written in a first-person narrative by the main character. The shifts from different perspectives allows the reader to sympathize and analyze Zits’ impulsive violent acts. Sherman Alexie shifts his focus to allow his writings to talk about Native American youths in the United States, highlighting the consequences that from the sociological and mental part of it. This is shown when Zits has trouble balancing his past cultural problems with current conflicts. On page 150 of Flight Zits says “I am my father” in one of his transformations. In each transformation, Zits confronts a part of himself that he digests from. In this transformation, he literally becomes his father and learns the the importance of sympathizing with people. This way, Zits is able to experience pain but understand that he isn’t the only one affected by it. He understands that people make mistakes but they can be forgiven. By forgiving them, Zits can surpass his resentments and attempt to be a better person. His father never learned this lesson; instead, he let the pain caused by his own father to scare him into running away, ultimately becoming just like him. Zits resents the idea of becoming and turning out like his father, but the only way to …show more content…
Through the character Zits, who calls himself a “time traveling mass murder,” his simple, yet vital transformations through people and eras exemplify the importance of violence in one’s heart transforming into forgiveness for themselves and the disputes society has created for them. As a result, the power of storytelling reminds children the inability to escape hardships, but empowers them to create a better ending to their own
Sherman Alexie was born on October 7, 1966, in Spokane, Washington. He grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation …show more content…
There he learned the importance of truly exposing what Native American culture should be represented as. Flight is written in a first-person narrative by the main character. The shifts from different perspectives allows the reader to sympathize and analyze Zits’ impulsive violent acts. Sherman Alexie shifts his focus to allow his writings to talk about Native American youths in the United States, highlighting the consequences that from the sociological and mental part of it. This is shown when Zits has trouble balancing his past cultural problems with current conflicts. On page 150 of Flight Zits says “I am my father” in one of his transformations. In each transformation, Zits confronts a part of himself that he digests from. In this transformation, he literally becomes his father and learns the the importance of sympathizing with people. This way, Zits is able to experience pain but understand that he isn’t the only one affected by it. He understands that people make mistakes but they can be forgiven. By forgiving them, Zits can surpass his resentments and attempt to be a better person. His father never learned this lesson; instead, he let the pain caused by his own father to scare him into running away, ultimately becoming just like him. Zits resents the idea of becoming and turning out like his father, but the only way to …show more content…
Through the character Zits, who calls himself a “time traveling mass murder,” his simple, yet vital transformations through people and eras exemplify the importance of violence in one’s heart transforming into forgiveness for themselves and the disputes society has created for them. As a result, the power of storytelling reminds children the inability to escape hardships, but empowers them to create a better ending to their own