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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO SAY PHOENIX, ARIZONA AUTHOR: SHERMAN ALEXIE SYMBOLISM: A symbol is literary device that contains several layers of meaning, often concealed at first sight. VICTOR'S FATHERS ASHES THE TITLE VICTOR AND THOMAS BUILDS THE FIRE TRAVELTO PHOENIX AND, IN THE HOT ARIZONA SUMMER,STEP INSIDE VICTOR'S FATHER'S TRAILER TO RECLAIM, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY, THAT WHICH HAS BEEN LOST. IT IS NOT ONLY VICTOR'SFATHERS ASHES, BUT ALSO THE ASHES OF VICTOR'SOWN LIFE. THE STORY'S TITLE, AMONG OTHER ELEMENTSIN THE STORY, IS SIGNIFICANT. PHOENIX ISNOT ONLY A CITY IN ARIZONA BUT ALSO THE NAMEOF AN EGYPTIAN BIRD IN MYTHOLOGY THAT RISESFROM ITS OWN ASHES AND IS REBORN, MAKING IT A SYMBOL OF IMMORTALITY AND REGENERATION. PLOT SUMMARY ON THE PLANE, THE TWO MEN MEET CATHY, THEGYMNAST, WHOSE PHYSICAL FLEXIBILITY STANDSIN CONTRAST TO VICTOR'S MENTAL INFLEXIBILITY.WITH CATHY, AN ATHLETE INVOLVED WITH THE1980 OLYMPICS- WHICH THE US GOVERNMENTBOYCOTTED- AND THE ONLY WHITE CHARACTERIN THE STORY. ALEXIE IMPLIES THAT THE USGOVERNMENT IS SELF SERVING. FIRE TWO MEN, VICTOR AND THOMAS-BUILDS THE FIRE MAKE A TRIP TO PHOENIX, ARIZONATO COLLECT VICTOR'S DEAD FATHER AND THE STUFF ALONG WITH HIM. THESE MEN WEREONCE FRIENDS BUT HAVE SPLIT OVER TIME AND THEIR JOURNEY BRINGS THEM TOGETHERALONG WITH IDENTIFYING SEVERAL THEMES AND SYMBOLS. FIRE IS A SYMBOL OF PASSIONS AND THE HEART.THOUGH THOMAS IS AN OUTSIDER, EVEN ON THERESERVATION, HIS "FIRE" IS THE TRANSFORMINGAGENT FOR VICTOR, FOR THOMAS IS A MAN FILLEDWITH MAGIC, DREAMS, AND VISIONS. CATHY, THE GYMNAST
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