"He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass." ~George Herbert
The movie Smoke Signals is based on the book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie. In this movie there are many lesson and teachings that come up. One that spoke to me was how Thomas teaches Victor to understand that his dad didn't mean to leave him.
Throughout the movie Thomas keeps asking Victor about his dad. He also keeps telling stories of the good times the had with Victors dad. Thomas tells the sory of when he went to Denny's with Victors dad, and how he was this really nice and good guy. When Victor hear these stories he gets mad at Thomas because he doesn't think that Thomas relly knew his dad.
As they go through the trip Victor realizes that Thomas is right and that his dad didn't mean to leave him. His dad didn't leave because of Victor. His dad was planning to eventually come back to Victor.
I really liked this teacing because it shows you a lot of different things. It shows you that before you blame yourself for something you have to really looked at the situation. You might be blaming yourself for a problem that really isn't anyones fault. When the boys get back home after the trip Thomas asks Victor one last time why his dad left, Victor replies "He didn't mean to."
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