Hate is a powerful tool: it can break down barriers, create violence, establish vengeance, or completely destroy people. Abandon rationality; “Hate is a way of closing the mind to some extent, in order to deal with overwhelming stress or trauma” (Wilson 2014). Through hatred, people become detached from practicality and inevitably descend into violence and revenge. The main character Zits in Sherman Alexie's novel Flight goes on a spiritual journey to discover what hatred, violence, and revenge can cause. The cause of Zits' hatred, the violence of his past, the effects of the violence, Zits' hatred-justice symbol, and the change seen in Zits at the end of the novel all show how hatred develops throughout of history. Faced with speculation throughout the novel, Justice is a figment of Zit's imagination. As if he was an evil invention in Zit's head. Evoking vengeance and hatred, Zits comes up against a harsh reality. Justice becomes this figure in his life telling him to act to take revenge for his hatred. For this reason, Zits feels justified – no pun intended – in committing atrocities. But as Zits continues his spiritual journey, he discovers that any human being can reveal and focus on their own hatred. All this is perceived as his inner consciousness, justice is the evil counterpart while the past lives he experiences are his realization and positive consciousness. At the end of his journey, Zits realizes that guiltless hatred is what creates horrible people and violence in the world. He implements this journey as a new beginning and works on his own hatred as his life progresses. When violence ensues, she exudes vengeance, as shown in the character Gus, a 19th century Indian tracker. This is Zits' third transformation and one of the most significant in recognizing the theme of hatred, violence and revenge. From the start, Zits encounters resistance from this ship that symbolizes how hatred controls him. Gus's memory is made up of grief and rage over the massacre of loved ones and now, with these thoughts running through Zit's head, he leads the soldiers into an Indian camp for a massacre. What we learn from Gus's desperation is that there is a desire to provoke violence, which in turn happens. Zits explains this exactly by saying, “This is what revenge can do to you” (Alexie 88). In Chapter 12, we see that Zits feels the full weight and age of Gus' body. The relationship that Gus has with the little girl Zits continues to weigh on him. However, what Zits learns through his transformation is that acceptance is the way to eradicate