Flight By Sherman Alexie Sparknotes

In Flight by Sherman Alexie, he shows the theme “hurt to heal” throughout the novel. You must hurt to heal. People with trauma must accept it, admit what they have been through, and learn to heal from it. Anyone that goes through “hurt to heal” ends up realizing that this painful situation was bound to happen for what most people would call character development. A lesson worth the pain. If you never heal from what hurt you, you will bleed on people who never cut you; similarly to what the main character Zits experienced.

Zits learns different perspectives from different bodies. As opposed to his other experiences waking up in a new body, Zits does not know whose body he transforms into for a while. Instead, he relies on Pam’s perception of

Even when he was at the bank, we see that he has learned to look at things from a distinct perspective, from the way he looks at the mother with her son. That scene is important for two reasons. First, the little boy portrays all that Zits wishes he had during his childhood. The boy is well taken care of, adored, well clothed, and white. He affects Zits idea of beauty, furthermore, remains innocent and pure. Nonetheless, the little boy also symbolizes new hope for Zits. People reinforced hatred from Zits in the first few chapters, they now make him yearn to exchange positions. Instead of focusing on the things that fill his heart with dudgeon, Zits leaves the bank, finally ready to admit he needs help. He had faith in the potential of the future. Another lesson Zits has learned that shows the theme of “hurt to heal” is that he cannot live so emotionally numb. He demonstrates his understanding of this lesson by openly admitting the profound shame he felt during his initial experience of molestation. Aunt Zooey’s betrayal serves as an explanation for his inherent distrust of people and desperate need for attention. It was through that horrific situation that Zits learned to survive by channeling his focus toward hatred, and he came to believe that he was inherently unlovable. Although Zits has shared a lot about himself with the audience, the fact that he saved this story for the end implies that he lacked the emotional capacity to disclose it earlier in the