Profiling Of Flight Patterns, By Sherman Alexie - 1518 Words

The Profiling of â€Å"Flight Patterns† Profiling people can cause a brick wall to be built between one another, a wall that cannot be easily knocked down. The bricks come down as the person doing the profiling sees beyond physical appearance. When the wall comes down a transparent window forms with a beautiful view. There is more to a person than their exterior, just like there is more to a room than walls. When profiling someone, people do not see past the brick wall; they build it higher and higher. When someone takes the time to get to know someone else, the wall comes down; at that point, people get a clear view of who people are, which could be beautiful. Profiling causes people to become engulfed by other people s perceptions of who they are, and it becomes a conflict between racial heritage and common humanity. Through the characters, setting, and tone of â€Å"Flight Patterns,† Sherman Alexie shows that profiling can lead to the misinterpretation of who someone is. Alexie shows a vivid picture of William, who is the main character of the story. He is a loving father, husband, and business person who cares about his appearance, which means he cares about what people think of him, and he knows people profile him based on his looks. His wife is a loving, carefree woman, which is entirely the opposite of William. She does not care what people think of her. In addition, William is Native Indian; he has dark skin and has long hair that he keeps in a lovely braid, which is aShow MoreRelatedProfiling By Sherman Alexie s Flight Patterns1458 Words   |  6 PagesProfiling people can cause a brick wall to be built between one another; a wall that cannot easily be knocked down. The person that is doing the profiling has to take the bricks down one-by-one as if each brick reveals information, beyond physical appearance. Once the wall is down a transparent window forms with a beautiful view. There is more to a person than their exterior and class, just like there is more to room then walls. When profiling someone, people do not look past the brick wall; theyRead MoreIn-Depth Study and Comparison: Sherman Alexie’s Flight Pattern and Breaking and Entering864 Words   |  4 PagesIn-Depth Study and Comparison: Sherman Alexie’s â€Å"Flight Pattern† and â€Å"Breaking and Entering† Sherman Alexie is very well known for his takes on Native Americans in modern American society. His books and stories most often are inside thoughts of situations that are occurring or have already occurred. Two of his shorter stories highlight two very different situations but in a sense connect with another. â€Å"Flight Plan† and â€Å"Breaking and Entering,† although confronting Native American characters, revealRead MoreFlight Patterns By Sherman Alexie1527 Words   |  7 PagesIn the short story Flight Patterns, Sherman Alexie describes how the protagonist, William, a Spokane Indian, struggles every day to escape the all too common stereotypes society places him under. This story takes place in Washington D.C. during the year after 9/11, which most likely justifies why racial profiling and stereotyping was extremely commonplace in the story around this time. It can be seen that Americans were brought closer together by this tragedy because they were banded by a commonRead MoreFlight Patterns By Sherman Alexie858 Words   |  4 PagesThe story â€Å"Flight Patterns† is a short story in which Sherman Alexie, the author, presents Native American literature which is new around this time in age. William Cline, the main character represents your stereotype native American. This story takes place post 9/11; therefore, the level of security has been increased greatly along with the amount of hostility towards darker skinned people. William describes how he feels out of place because he has all the traits of a native American but he feels