The major theme that the author wrote about was racism. The author relays this them by showing that it is still seen within Indian Reservations through his school experiences. Many characters played different roles to Alexie each year and all taught him a different lesson as he went on through his schooling In this short story, the author writes a brief description of memorable events that occurred to him while he was in school. Alexie provides a chronological summary of some of his most prominent experiences. He recalls hard times such as when "they pushed [him] down, buried [him] in snow, until [he] couldn't breath." (Alexie 1). At times, Victor merely tries to survive the injustices fired at him, and on other occasions, he fights back. Alexie
