Book 1Title: FlightAuthor: Sherman Alexie# Of Pages: 180 Year Published: 2007Rating: Five out of Five stars: AIn a world full of war and injustice, making peace with oneself is difficult. Sherman
Alexie's novel will help the readers make peace with
themselves and the world. Flight is about a teenage Native American juvenile delinquent named Zits. When a friend he meets in jail convinces him to shoot everyone in a Seattle bank, he goes on a spiritual journey through time and experiences love, courage, and suffering.
Zits' journey and it's result are inspirational and moving. Alexie made me feel as though I were taking the trip with Zits. Alexie acheives this through vivid imagery. For example, Zits travels back to the battle of Little Big Horn and sees the atrocities the white Americans inflicted upon the natives. Alexie's description of the battle scenes made me feel sad and angry, so I could experience the same emotions that the people who were actually at that event felt. Alexie's use of emotion is extremely effective.
However, Alexie doesn't simply show us injustice and violence. He also allows Zits and the reader to experience compassion, love and kindness. For example, when Zits is at another Indian battle, experiencing it through a white cavalry officer, he sees a man desert the white army to rescue a small Native American child from being killed. Also, when Zits takes a trip in an air pilot's body, he experiences a loving friendship with an Islamic person he taught how to fly a plane.
Flight is an incredible journey that anyone will enjoy taking.
I'm now reading Light Before Day by Christopher Rice.
