He grows from child to adult on the reservation, and his story is similar to Alexie’s in that he is one of the few people on the reservation to leave and attend college. This story introduces Victor, a character who appears in many stories in the collection. The next morning, the hurricane is gone and life goes on as before. Victor climbs into bed with his parents, who are both passed out. However, Victor has survived so far with the help of his mother and the strength he’s taken from the occasional happy moment, like eating dinner with his family at the restaurant Mother’s Kitchen in Spokane.Ī hurricane touches down on the reservation, but Victor is more disturbed by the bad memories that the weather seems to bring up for the party guests, who become sick and even violent as they continue to drink. As he watches the fight from the window, Victor thinks about the “tiny storms” (5) that have marred his childhood - difficult moments like the year his parents could not afford Christmas presents, and the time a man drowned in a puddle after passing out drunk. Victor’s uncles Adolph and Arnold brawl in the yard. Nine-year-old Victor wakes up after having a nightmare. It is New Year’s Eve, 1976 on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
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