In Flight by Sherman Alexie, we see Zit’s experience the past and present through many different bodies, but when he inhabits his father’s body in chapter eighteen we see why Zit's father left him and his mother, Zit’s says “All my life. I’ve Been wanting to see my father, to meet him for the first time. I’ve wanted to ask questions. To interrogate him” (152). With this question we can see that Zit’s has been carrying this weight with him through his entire life, the weight of wanting an answer as to why his father left him. So it begs the question, why can’t we let go of the past? Why do we let it control our decisions, and finally how do we let go of the past? In the novel we see that Zit’s has carried the weight of his past, dragging it with him wherever he goes, and each terrible thing that happens to him just adds more weight to the burden he carries. The weight Zit’s carries, isn’t real but it’s heavy all the same as we see throughout the novel when Zit’s is reminiscent of the past and comparing it to the moments he’s experiencing while in other people’s bodies. Take the time that he was …show more content…
He takes all that weight, all of his terrible experiences and brings it with