The quote, ¨ I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky¨, has an meaning in the text that sums up the central idea. Alexieś didn't have the easiest life. His family was broke and he was Indian. Many Indians weren't known being smart. They were all known as those students who sat in the back of the class and acted up, but Alexie was different. Alexie was smart, he learned to read at the age three. He had knowledge unlike other kids at that age. He was inspired to read from his dad. He quotes, ¨ I can remember picking up my fatherś books before I could read. The words themselves were mostly foreign, but I still remember the exact moment when I first understood, with a sudden clarity, the purpose of a paragraph.¨
