Flight Sherman Alexie Analysis

In the novel Flight by Sherman Alexie, the narrator Zits says, “Yes, I am Irish and Indian, which would be the coolest blend in the world if my parents were around to teach me how to be Irish and Indian. But they’re not here and haven’t been for years, so I’m not really Irish and Indian. I’m a blank sky, a human solar eclipse” (Alexie 5). In my opinion this quote could mean, since his parents died or left there is no one to help him learn his background or his culture. He is a sky without clouds, a person with no history or a human that is blocked from being who they really are, who he want to be. Irish or Indian. Depending on who you are and what you believe in, you would question if it is important to know your nationality. Me, Personally,