I think there are alot of similarities between "This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona" and "The Red Convertible" and I also think that they may have been written in somewhat the same mindset although they are by two completely different authors.
Both are short stories written by native american authors who describe briefly life on a reservation, and deal with two male protagonists along with other characters in a subplot.
In "..Phoenix, Arizona" the relationship between the main characters is more strained at first and then through the event of a relative dying they become closer for a short period of time and then realize that they are very different from each other, but they accept it.
In "The Red Convertible" the relationship between the brothers is very close at first and then begins to fade away as time goes on and one of them comes back from the war a very different person and the other remains the same. The death of Henry breaks them apart and closure does not ever seem to come.
I believe that in a way these stories are parallel although they are headed in different directions.
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