Smoke Signals Response Essay - 756 Words

Ashilay Dillow SIU850015144 SOC215 November 14, 2013 Film Response to Smoke Signals The film Smoke Signals is about two young Native American men, Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-the-Fire, who venture off their reservation in Idaho to go to Phoenix, Arizona to pick up the ashes of Victor’s dead father. The film opens with a house fire on the Fourth of July, 1976. Infant Thomas is saved from the fire by Victor’s father, Arnold, but is also left parentless when his parents aren’t so lucky. Twelve years later, Victor’s drunk and abusive father abandons his family and leaves the reservation. Twenty years later, Victor learns of his father’s death and decides that he should go retrieve his father’s ashes in Phoenix. Knowing that Victor†¦show more content†¦The comment â€Å"We’ve been traveling a long time†¦Ã¢â‚¬  can also represent a metaphor comparing the long and difficult journey of their ancestors to their own. 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