Ullu Archetype

Victor’s reaction to the universal symbols is anger, and with his dad leaving it is as if his father died. Everybody shared the experience of Arnold leaving such as, his wife, son, Thomas, and Thomas’s grandmother. Nevertheless, it affected Victor personally. Victor ignored his thoughts about what he thought about his father, and the true feelings he was feeling when his father left him. Every time Thomas would tell a story about Arnold, Victor would ignore him. This unconscious feeling was conscious when he was younger, Victor would show his anger by throwing the beer bottles at his fathers truck. This conscious thought began to resume when he left the reservation with Thomas, finding the truth. The death of Arnold made Victor to start having flashbacks of his father, and realizing the truth of his father through Suzy as well as Thomas. (Alexie, 1998)
Another type of archetypes is character. Ezeulu represents the old wise man, which is seen as the savior. Ulu is the major god, but Ezeulu is seen as someone powerful. Ezeulu has the qualities of the old wise man in that he personifies spirituality, and wisdom. Ezeulu always had a wise saying to say, and
From going to another place, and meeting new people he can grow as a person. Meeting Suzy, helped him gain insight on the reality of his father, and this would not have happened if he never left the reservation to pick up his father’s ashes. During the trip Victor learns from experience that he no longer needs to put a front of being serious, and acting tough such as when Thomas and Victor confronted the Americans on the bus. He has faced many obstacles in his life to get to where he is. The struggle of being hit for a frivolous reason, seeing his mom get hit by his father out of anger, and being left where the three most detrimental stages in his life. Even the death of his father didn’t really shake him up (Alexie,