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Junior Polatkin
Victor’s father, who’s unnamed in the book, is an alcoholic and a complicated force throughout these stories. He drives much of the narrative, though he’s not always present—or alive. Alexie himself has claimed that the book is about “love and hate” between fathers and sons, and through our glimpses of Victor’s relationship with his father, we see a complicated bond evolve as it grows and changes over the years. After a devastating motorcycle accident in which he is hospitalized, Victor’s father tells Victor that he “ain’t interested in what’s real; [he’s] interested in how things should be.” Victor is mesmerized by his father’s stories, but perturbed by the volatile relationship his parents share; when his father leaves, it seems to be almost a relief. Victor at various turns idolizes and reviles his father, and all the love and sadness and failure he represents.
Victor’s Father Quotes in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
The The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven quotes below are all either spoken by Victor’s Father or refer to Victor’s Father. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play…
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During the sixties, my father was the perfect hippie, since all the hippies were trying to be Indians.
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
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These days, living alone in Spokane, I wish I lived closer to the river, to the falls where ghosts of salmon jump. I wish I could sleep. I put down my paper or book and turn off the lights, lie quietly in the dark. It may take hours, even years, for me to sleep again. There’s nothing surprising or disappointing in that. I know how all my dreams end anyway.
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Victor’s Father Quotes in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
The The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven quotes below are all either spoken by Victor’s Father or refer to Victor’s Father. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play…
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During the sixties, my father was the perfect hippie, since all the hippies were trying to be Indians.
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
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These days, living alone in Spokane, I wish I lived closer to the river, to the falls where ghosts of salmon jump. I wish I could sleep. I put down my paper or book and turn off the lights, lie quietly in the dark. It may take hours, even years, for me to sleep again. There’s nothing surprising or disappointing in that. I know how all my dreams end anyway.
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