Day One Day Arizona Narrative

As most people know, storytelling is an important aspect of the Native American culture. That is how many of customs and tribal practices get passed down throughout history. In the short story “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” the narrator explains how Thomas Builds-the-Fire’s story’s are needed but not appreciated. Through a maim revelation Thomas understands the importance of storytelling. Conflicts between the community and the the main characters are present through the story. Before explaining this story and its meaning, the theme must be recognized.

In the short story This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona written by Alexie Sherman. Alexie wrote about these two Native Americans that live on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Victor had a tough childhood when his father left him around the age of seven and moved to Phoenix Arizona. Thomas’s parents died when he was just a baby and grew up with his grandmother, Thomas was a storyteller and got picked on a lot because of his story telling. Victor lost his job and he also found out that he lost his father due to a heart attack, Victor was told that his father had a savings account and if he wanted anything to go to Phoenix to go gather up his father’s belongings.

The U.S.S. Arizona was a World War Two era battleship that was destroyed beyond repair during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The ship was built in the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1914 to 1915. She was a 608 foot long, 31,400 ton, Pennsylvania-class battleship that cost sixteen-million dollars to build. It was christened in 1916 by Esther Ross with two bottles, one of water and one of wine by swinging the bottles on ropes to hit the bow, the front. The water bottle did not break in this process. The ship was originally to be named the U.S.S. North Carolina after the current Secretary of the Navy’s home state.

In short story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona,” by Sherman Alexie, characterization and symbolism played major roles to make the story appealing to the readers’ hearts. The author does well by creating two opposite characters and making them work together. Victor and Thomas are two characters that have a bit of a stranded past that seems to linger into their present relationship together.  The two don’t seem to get along very well at all during the first part of their journey but as they progress towards Phoenix Arizona storytelling; the thing that at first seemed to tear them apart was able to bring them together.  The element of storytelling evolves and these changes enable the characters to move from the memories and pain

In modern times, Native Americans are often overlooked and even looked down upon. In “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona”, the author writes about the life of one particular Native American. Overall, the story is about Victor Joseph, the protagonist, and his personal growth throughout the duration of his life and life struggles. In the beginning, it is said that Victor’s father leaves his family. This conflict really had a long term effect on Victor and also on Thomas Builds-the-Fire, another main character. All in all, Sherman Alexie displays the use of flashbacks and personal conflicts to build the main plot.

Smith waiting frantically, “Gosh Isiah you scared me, you’re lucky I covered for you guys”

We stay at the beach for a day and have a lot of fun together. Dylann's eyes glow and I've never seen him this happy. The whole day was magical.

So the officer said, ‘is there a reason you stole that candy bar, son? Did you not have enough money or something?’ I wailed, ‘yeah… I guess so. I don't know… maybe I was bored. I'm sorry. I don’t want to go to juvenile hall!’ The officer replied, ‘look, son, I'm not going to take you to juvenile hall; you're way too young for that. But what you did is against the law and you can’t come back into this store again.’ I said, ‘well, my friends were doing it and said it was easy. They weren't caught and I didn't think I’d get into all this trouble!’ Then he said, ‘Wait, other boys are stealing? Could you tell me their names and do they live around here?’ I asked, ‘can I get a free candy bar and a lawyer if I do?’ He coldly said, ‘No.’ I divulged, ‘Okay. Reza is the one I've known the longest and his friend Kyle stole too. They live in the same apartment complex as me.’ Yeah, I was a douche for

“My name is Ada. My mom went missing in action last year, and is most likely dead. I am very nervous about this.” they all went silent including Elizabeth and Kathleen who as Ada noted were very giggly and chatty. The all looked

Arizona’s historical development dates back to thousands of years ago. Arizona holds the second largest amount of indigenous/ Native American population of any other state in the United States. One of the first groups of people to live on Arizona’s land was the Native Americans, or otherwise called the American Indians. These Natives came much before any of the Europeans, or the Spanish settlers came to Arizona. There were three main Native American groups that truly began the exploration of Arizona. These groups include the Anasazi, Hohokam, and Mogollon tribes. Each of their tribes settled in different sections of Arizona ranging from Northeastern to Southeastern parts of the land.

Tittle:When I went to Flagstaff:My tio told my mom when we were going to Flagstaff.Then the day came we got are stuff ready. First,we stop to get gas then,we went to go pick up my tia's and my cousin.When we were almost there it was raining really hard.We stopped to get food and to go to the restroom. We were driving in a zigzag road it was hard for my tio.

The state of Arizona has been an important advocate in promoting and defending victims rights from a legal standpoint by amending constitutional regulations to better protect victims. Many other states have followed Arizona’s lead and have enacted similar constitutional amendments to their state regulations of criminal procedure. Before such legislation, past victims in the United States lacked protection, the ability to have a voice in criminal proceedings, and held near meaningless roles in the criminal justice process. Today, victims are provided with expanding protections fully supported by law and other legal jurisprudence including such basic fundamental rights such as, “the right to be treated fairly and with dignity, a right to privacy, a right to restitution for their injuries, a right to be protected from the accused, a right to be compensated, a right to be notified of and to be present at court proceedings, a right to the return of property, and a right to be heard at critical stages in the proceedings”.

At that moment, she shrieked out, “Owen is driving me out of my mind!” Not caring if anyone heard her, she screamed as loudly as her lungs permitted. Of course, on the lonesome, unofficial road, no one did. Still, she wished someone, anyone, had heard her cries for help.

One-thirty on a Thursday morning. I laid in bed worrying, after watching John rush to Main Street for a fire call. My head spun as the pager near my head continued to dispatch calls. “Be careful on the roof Watson, I can see light through,” Feltner’s voice echoed. Ambulance sirens boomed down a four-block stretch of Main Street. My body sprung from the bed and hurried out and down the block. My face began to fill with heat. Just then another page came through, “I know idiot, I put it there.” It was John’s voice. I felt relief and began to walk back down the sidewalk to our home. I heard a young girl screaming for her dog, hysterically. Finally, back in my house, I completely forgot that I had left the two girls upstairs. Thankfully,

Originating from dates all the way back to 500A.D. these people ran the land and cultivated