Week 11 Dialogue

In this weeks dialogue I decided to pick a quote from the story.  The quote is from when the two are going to the fairgrounds to watch the fireworks.  " You know," Thomas said. " It's strange how us Indians celebrate the Fourth of July. It ain't like it was our independence everybody was fighting for."  After the exchange, Victor tells Thomas that he thinks too much and that the Fourth of July is just for having fun.  The first time I read this passage, I didn't really think about it, but the second time I automatically thought to myself that Victor must understand what Thomas is trying to say. The reason I say this is because the way that Thomas is talking to Victor is how two people talk about something that the two both understand.  He isn't explaining something to him, he is almost complaining about it.  The way that Victor brushes this off, by saying that it is just meant to be fun, sounds like a person who knows what he is saying isn't true, but it is easier than continuing the conversation.
I think that for some people it easier for them to "play down" their own feelings and just go with the flow of other people.  This is how I read what happened in the story.  I think that Victor is well aware of what Thomas is saying, mostly because he grew up with him. I am sure that they had the same conservation about thinking too much more than one time.