Slow Dancing with Skeletons: Sherman Alexies The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

In The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven , Sherman Alexie depicts Thomas Builds-The-Fire as a strong and determined character who lives with his stories and doesn 't bother about what others feel about him . Through Thomas Build-The-Fire 's words , Alexie tells us about our path of self attainment in life . He tells the readers , through this passage , that that one must find the aim in life and follow it with determination

We are all given one thing by which our lives are measured , one determination . Mine are the stories which can

change or not change the world . It doesn 't matter which as long as I continue to tell the stories . [ .] They are all I have . It 's all I can do (72-73

In this passage , Thomas Builds-The-Fire tells us about his aim in life the stories the stories he sees , the stories he foretells and the stories he narrates . He is aware of the fact that his stories always do not change the world but they are an inspiration towards the way we perceive things in our lives . Through his words , Alexie sends a message that every individual has a purpose in life , and when one determines that goal , life becomes complete . At the end of the passage , Thomas Builds-The-Fire enlightens us how he is bound with his stories . His understands that his fellows do not appreciate his stories but he has accepted it as his fate and he is determined to follow it

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