In the literary work entitles ‘Every Little Hurricane’, authored by Sherman Alexie, the main character/ protagonist Victor, experiences numerous challenges throughout his childhood. This short story discusses the figurative storms an adolescent residing on the the Spokane Indian Reservation endures.
In Alexie’s work, a challenge Victor encounters in the early exposure to alcohol and the detrimental effect it has. The story is introduced with a New Year’s party hosted by Victor’s parents in the year 1976, and the consumption of alcohol is relentless amongst all the party-goers. Focusing specifically on Arnold and Adolph, Victor’s uncles, two drunkards who become involved in a fracas out in the yard. These two brothers shared a love incomprehensible to strangers, which was ‘stronger than anything. It’s the same bond that causes so much pain’ (p8). Victor’s uncles shared a deep psychological, mutual emotions of complexity, torn between love & hate, slugging around with impetus ‘they had to be in love’. As Victor overlooks eagerly, the celebration is eventually over, as so the scuffle. Another piece of textual evidence indicating the malign result that liquor possesses is found on Page 7, where Victor recollects the a memory from when he was 5 years old. …show more content…
Just passed out and fell facedown into the water collected in a tire track. Even at age five, Victor understood what that meant, how it defined