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Analysis Of The Film Smoke Signals

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The film called Smoke Signals, deals with the lifestyle of Native Americans living on an Indian reservation in Idaho. The main characters Victor and his best friend Thomas grew up together on this reservation. Thomas is a nerd who enjoys telling stories that have no interest to anyone. His parents died in an accidental fire in 1976, he was saved from the fire by Victors father Arnold Joseph. On the other hand Victor is a tough kid that never got over the fact that his father left his family when he was young. After ten years of extreme anger, Victor gets news that his father has died. He is given the opportunity to travel to Phoenix, Arizona in order to collect his father ashes and personal belongings. Victor does not have much money and is

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