In Flight by Sherman Alexie, the book is about the Zits ( the main character ) finding out about his past. His father abandoned his family as he was born, and his mother died a few years later. After his parents deaths, it made him have to live with foster families. First he had to live with his Aunt. Zits could not handle dealing with the fact that he was abandoned. He would cry every night. Until one day his Aunt couldn't deal with him anymore. She gave him $20 to buy lunch and never came back. Its what made Zits hate foster families because he thought that they would all leave him and that they didn't show who they really were until later. A hard thing happening in this book is being abandoned.
"When I was 11, I ran away from my first foster home and got drunk in the street with 3 homeless Indians from Alaska."
"When I was 12 I ran away from my seventh foster home."
Zits had to deal with the fact that his parents were dead, and because of that, he believed that he would never have a true family and that they would all abandon him like his Aunt, and he didn't want to go through it all again. Most of the foster homes he goes to start out good, but end terribly which causes him to want to run.
" I had this one Indian foster daddy, Edgar, who was great in the beginning."
" I had this one foster dad who took me to a room with a huge railroad and model trains. I remember playing with them for hours and hours. Then at nights he took me to a room without trains. A room that hurt me."
Both the quotes imply that he has had lots of abusive foster homes that are hidden at first and happen later. Zits belief of never finding a true family, was later proven false. He was adopted by Officer Dave's (supporting character) brother and felt cared for the first time in his life he could remember. There is definitely the same problem happening in the world now. Many kids are growing up without there real parents because of death or abandonment. It is a very serious problem because it could make them think that because their original parents abandonment, they will never find a true family that loves and cares for them. It will also make them not want to go to another family so they never have to go through the same thing ever again. But even though some kids might think that, there is a family for everyone on matter what. There will be a family for everyone and there is no need to think that just because of your abandonment, you will never have a true family.
In conclusion, a hard thing happening in this text and is also happening in the world now is abandonment. It forces children to live in foster homes. Even though a child might be abandoned, doesn't mean they will never have a true family. A true family is a family that will care for you no matter what and no child should ever think that they wont find one. Sherman Alexie shows us by taking us though Zit's experience and how he found his family.
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