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The Europeans began to trade whiskey to the Natives for their handcrafted masterpieces. To the Natives these items had sacred or utilitarian meanings to them, but to the Europeans, they saw these items as money. When Europeans came to America, they saw that Natives could craft beautiful crafts, clothes, and pottery. Sherman constantly tells of times throughout his life when alcohol has caused his love ones problems. Over the years Native Americans have acquired the reputation of being heavy drinkers. Through out the book there are numerous occasions of Victor, his family members and his friends being constantly drunk, struggles for survival, and countless numbers of the white race acting in superiority over Native Americans. The main character, Victor, is a fictionalized character of the writer Sherman Alexie himself.
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The stories told in this book are written about a Native American by a Native American, so the views and themes expressed in this book come from an Indians point of view, not the whites. The stories told by Sherman Alexie are about the events and struggles the boys face growing up on the reservation. The stories in the book focus mainly around two boys growing up on the reservation, Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-the-Fire. The book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven is not so much a novel, but a collection of short stories. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven