Many of the most well-intentioned foster parents failed to communicate with Zits, and now Zits realizes he was as much at fault as some of the people who fostered him. Zits has always felt abandoned by both white and Indian culture because he is treated like an Indian, yet has lived amongst whites and has never been educated in Indian customs. However, despite the fact he feels and has been rejected, this does not make him any less worthy as a person and this does not mean that he should stop trying to connect with others. Because he expects to be abandoned, in...

Zits learns that even in the darkest places, love is possible. However, you have to be willing to accept it, which he was not always willing to do, in many of his past foster families. He also learns about the difficulty of showing love. Many times men, because they are uncomfortable with love, express their affection through violence towards their sons, as in the case of the uncompromising Indian warrior father with his mute young son at the Battle of Little Big Horn.