In Sherman Alexie’s Story, This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona, Victor is a complex character in ways. On the outside he is more closed off and and tries to act “normal” and that he is above others who aren’t in that definition of normal. But on the inside he knows that he shouldn’t be like that. He holds regret for treating Thomas Builds-the-fire the way he does growing up. They were friends when they were younger, but by their teenage years Victor had drifted away. One night, “when they were fifteen and had long since stopped being friends, Victor and Thomas had gotten into a fistfight. That is, Victor was really drunk and beat thomas up for no reason at all.” (Alexie). Years later when this memory hit him he felt a pang of regret
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When His brother Allie died, Holden changed. He was kicked out of 6 schools, he had depression, and couldn’t form any bonds with people. Holden was kicked out of schools because of failing grades because he wasn’t trying. But it could be an effect of his depression. Depression takes away motivation because it makes a person feel not good enough and makes them not care. He would rather shut down from the world than try and see something better because it is so hard to do so. He is scared to make bonds with people because he is afraid that they are going to die like Allie and leave him alone. So he would rather push people away on their his terms. It makes things easier for him. For Armand Aubigny, he changed Drastically towards his wife and child. His wife Désirée was left on her adopted parents plantation from a party of Texans who were traveling though, so no one knew her full origins. When Armand found out she was pregnant things went swimmingly. When the baby was 3 months old though, he changed. The baby was black, which in the time period was frowned upon. Armond became cold, barely looking at her or the baby. He blamed the color of their child's skin on Désirée and her origins. When her mother wrote her saying to come home he made her leave with the child. Weeks later, he was burning their things when he found the letter explaining how it was his mother who “belong[ed] to the
When His brother Allie died, Holden changed. He was kicked out of 6 schools, he had depression, and couldn’t form any bonds with people. Holden was kicked out of schools because of failing grades because he wasn’t trying. But it could be an effect of his depression. Depression takes away motivation because it makes a person feel not good enough and makes them not care. He would rather shut down from the world than try and see something better because it is so hard to do so. He is scared to make bonds with people because he is afraid that they are going to die like Allie and leave him alone. So he would rather push people away on their his terms. It makes things easier for him. For Armand Aubigny, he changed Drastically towards his wife and child. His wife Désirée was left on her adopted parents plantation from a party of Texans who were traveling though, so no one knew her full origins. When Armand found out she was pregnant things went swimmingly. When the baby was 3 months old though, he changed. The baby was black, which in the time period was frowned upon. Armond became cold, barely looking at her or the baby. He blamed the color of their child's skin on Désirée and her origins. When her mother wrote her saying to come home he made her leave with the child. Weeks later, he was burning their things when he found the letter explaining how it was his mother who “belong[ed] to the