Alexie's goal is to make the reader understand not to believe everything they read. He wants us to question and think deeply about everything we have read so far. Alexie does this through the details of her story. It’s the details that differentiate the real writer from the fake. Alexie shows that he is the real writer as he talks about his personal aspects on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Alexie writes "my story, which features an autobiographical character named Thomas Builds, the fire who suffers a head injury at birth and experiences visionary crises as an adult." The details that Alexie uses to communicate her personal knowledge of a specific situation. His diction and phrasing speak to people's understanding of what he was saying at the time.