Because my father

The dads relationship with the mom

They constantly fought but as the relationship became more hostile the dad viewed the memories with the mom as more and more beautiful.

Who quoted this "music had powerful medicine."

The son

Who wrote because my father

Alexie

Characters

Dad, victor (son), mother

Sons feelings towards guitars

He wanted to learn guitar to come closer to what Jimi knew and what his father knew

Dads view on music

Indian kids don't know about music they just know about drums. They need piano, guitar, etc.

White dead beat dads vs Indian dead beat dads

Indians got harsher treatment since they just started but white men have done it for years.

Who quoted this "that's all there is, war and peace with nothin in between."

The dad

Summary

The dad held a gun and a picture was taken before he beat the national guard. He was sent to jail but avoided the war. Ppl in fathers jail were always murdered. He got out of jail and went to see jimi Hendrix play the star spangled banner. Dad came home drunk and passed out to Jimi Hendrix a lot and in the morning feel guilty and tell the son stories. The parents would get drunk and make love. Sometimes the dad passed out during sex. The kid was born on one of the drunk nights. Son says his generation didn't get a war to fight and the father was confused why he wanted one. Father wants to know why son would want to fight for country that tries to kill Indians. Some nights the son listens to his parents make love and it's normal to him. They took a family trip to Jimi Hendrix's gravestone for a family picture in front of it. I'm Indian relationships they fight to the end trying to hold on.