“Flight”,
a novel by Sherman Alexie, demonstrates how heartless and inhumane
people can be and even worse how unwilling bystanders are to help,
giving an image to Martin Luther King Jr.'s words “ the ultimate
tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the
silence over that by the good people.” When Zits transformed into
his father and drunkenly stumbled around the alley he describes his
surroundings: “Nobody looks at me as I stagger past. I'm not an
uncommon sight. I'm a beaten bloody Indian,” shining light upon the
fact that no one seems to care, or if they do they are too cowardly
to help. Zits claims his father is not an uncommon sight; people see
so many others in this situation and start considering it to be
normal. People become tolerant to the sight and numb to the guilt of
ignoring others in need. Bystanders are doing no harm to the victims
directly, but there conscious refusal to help causes just as much
pain.
You did a good job of interpreting of Zits quote. You have a good concluding sentence becuase it is so detailed.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you used a quote from the book to support your ideas. It helps my understanding of the character and how he ties into Martin Luther Kings quote.
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