How is the the title "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" significant to the story?

The meaning of Sherman Alexie's “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” is amplified by the story's symbolism. The story's title, among other elements in this story, is significant. Phoenix is not only a city in Arizona but also the name of a bird in Egyptian mythology that rises from its own ashes and is reborn, making it a symbol of immortality and regeneration. Victor and Thomas Builds-the-Fire travel to Phoenix and, in the hot Arizona summer, step inside Victor's father's trailer to reclaim, literally and figuratively, that which has been lost. It is not only Victor's father's ashes, but also the ashes of Victor's own life, which Victor seems ready to grasp by this story's end. Thomas Builds-the-Fire is the character and agent, as his name literally indicates, who has built the fire under Victor.