Every Little Hurricane By Sherman Alexie Analysis

In the short story “Every Little Hurricane,” author Sherman Alexie expresses that a culture’s environment is the greatest barrier to individualism; specifically, environmental determinism creates a broad obstacle being that it’s a leading factor in determining not just what people do, but who they are.

One's environment, or one's "storm," hinders an individual's climb towards determining his own identity.Victor is a young boy living on the Spokane Reserve that struggles with his culture’s alcoholism, bystander approach, and poverty. One of the storms that Victor is influenced by is alcoholism. Victor’s entire family, from his uncles to his parents, drink away their pain and hurt. When Victor is faced with “fear and pain...Victor cried until