Idolatry Summary By Sherman Alexie

The story “ Idolatry” by Sherman Alexie is an example of flash fiction. It starts where Mary, an Indian, waited many hours for an audition without being impatient because her surroundings involved tasks that take a long time to finish. After a long time waiting, she got the chance to show her talent, but she was not expecting the response of the judges. She only sang the first verse of the song and got stopped. They told her “ You are a horrible singer” and “ never sing again” this kind of comment ruined her dream of becoming a singer. She learned in a hasty manner that her entire life was full of lies from her loved ones.

At the end of the story she expresses, “In this world, we must love the liars. Or live alone.” The phrase state that in

the entire world exist liars everywhere and we should love them or stay away from society something that's impossible. No matter where we are or who is around us at some point of our lives. They are going to lie to us because they love us. In this part of the story it is where I connected myself with the story. Many times in my life I hear the cheers of friends, family and other people to get involved in certain things I might or might not interest in. In my relationship life, I used to hear advice about the guy I was going out with. For example, I asked my best friend do you think he is cute? Or do you think we make a good match? And I guide myself on the likes and dislike of people around me and not on what I want. One time I got involved in a relationship with someone who was the like of my family, but I had many problems with that person and we never got along with each other and end up in a break up. Also, I have been in relationship where my family was not agreed about my relationship and they started to gossip against my boyfriend because he did not finish his education, but they started to know each other and end up liking him as my partner.