In "This is What it Means to say Phoenix Arizona", how Victor and Thomas serve as foils while adapting to living in two cultures? At least 3...

Victor is the "cool" Indian. He understands how to be
stoic and has a great capacity to feel sorry for himself because he is Indian and the
white people have stolen the Indians' land.

Thomas loves
being an Indian, he's funny and he's traditional. He likes to tell stories like the old
stereotypical Indian. This passage illustrates each of these features of the
boys:

Thomas
Builds-the-Fire had known that Victor's father was going to leave, knew it before
anyone. Now Victor stood in the Trading Post with a one-hundred-dollar check in his
hand, wondering if Thomas knew that Victor's father was dead, if he knew what was going
to happen next.

Just then Thomas looked at Victor, smiled,
and walked over to him. "Victor, I'm sorry about your father," Thomas
said.

"How did you know about it?" Victor
asked.

"I heard it on the wind. I heard it from the birds.
I felt it in the sunlight. Also, your mother was just in here
crying."

"Oh," Victor said and looked around the Trading
Post. All the other Indians stared, surprised that Victor was even talking to Thomas.
Nobody talked to Thomas because he told the same damn stories over and over again.
Victor was embarassed, but he thought that Thomas might be able to help him.
Victor felt a sudden need for
tradition.

This
passage demonstrates their difference but it also shows how in trying to deal with the
fact that he didn't have enough money, Victor changed and began to accept Thomas because
there might be a way Thomas could help.

As they encounter
society, they run into Cathy, a gymnast on the plane. Their worlds collide as Cathy
knows so little about their culture and they have varying views about talking to white
people.

This conversation soon begins to show each of their
character's main traits, and we also begin to see these traits compliment each
other:

"Hey,"
she asked. "You two are Indian, right?"

"Full-blood,"
Victor said.

"Not me," Thomas said. "I'm half magician on
my mother's side and half clown on my father's...

The three
of them talked for the duration of the flight. Cathy the gymnast complained about the
government, how they screwed the 1980 Olympic team by
boycotting.

"Sounds like you all got a lot in common with
Indians," Thomas said.

Upon
returning to the reservation, Victor realized how nice Thomas had been and how their
differences really made for a quality trip. Thomas had indeed helped Victor. Throughout
this passage, you should find a little more to demonstrate that they are foils of each
other and that it made the struggle into the white world worthwhile for them
both:

Victor
knew that Thomas would remain the crazy storyteller who talked to dogs and cars, who
listened to the wind and pine trees. Victor knew that he couldn't really be friends with
Thomas, even after all that had happened. It was cruel but it was real. As real as the
ashes, as Victor's father, sitting behind the seats.

"I
know how it is," Thomas said. "I know you ain't going to treat me any better than you
did before. I know your friends would give you too much shit about
it."

Victor was ashamed of himself. Whatever happened to
the tribal ties, the sense of community? The only real thing he shared with anybody was
a bottle and broken dreams. He owed Thomas something,
anything.

"Listen," Victor said and handed Thomas the
cardboard box which contained half of his father. "I want you to have
this."