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The Tattoo Victory in Sacrifice In the Tattoo, Chris McKinney shows the struggle to fight against societal influences, the “three suns of his life” (43): family-centric, peer-centric, and mate-centric. Desiring a life of stability and contentment, his family-centric and peer-centric environment lure him to their prison of pent up rage and anger. Although Ken is unable to break free from these influences, the author shows his protagonist’s power to change the shape of his future destiny through his child. Ken’s will and determination to not be the same “suns of influence” to his son shows a victory in his life. Although he will live a life devoid of any feeling, he will not be Koa or his father. He demonstrates the individual’s ability to break free from the prison of his societal environment. . The first sun of influence is his parents. His mother plays small part of his life. Although she dies when he was six, she still nourishs him with the love and security she could offer him. Her love is the only protection from the viciousness of Ken’s father until Claudia comes. An example of this is when the father ken, life, father, koa, ken’s, hate, through, influence, claudia, however, sun, shows, prison, mother, love, fear, although, type, son, sacrifice, realizes, rage, pride, influences, environment, destiny, change, being, world, victory, toward, touch, tired, suns, societal