The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was an interesting book, to say the least. I learned a lot while reading it, even though I didn't realize it at the time. Arnold's story takes him on a journey through the RELATABLE struggles of high school, and he sees it all. He goes through bullying, lost friendships, girlfriends, sports problems, body issues, along with having been born with hydrocephalus. It's easy to put yourself in his shoes throughout different parts of the story, and I think Alexie did this on purpose, or maybe not, since it's kind of his life story. Either way, he did a wonderful job making it easy to find yourself in the book. I mean, I see myself with almost all of those problems at some point or another, besides hydrocephalus of course. The book is written in an interesting way, to reflect how Alexie was during high school, but at some points that makes it a little hard to follow. It jumps around from place to place sometimes and it leaves some holes in the story. The entire book is told from the point of view of Arnold, a high schooler who just wants a chance to be SOMEBODY and he feels like he's not getting that chance at home. So he decides to change that, and that's something that I think a lot of us wish we had the courage to do; If you don't like something...leave...you don't need to continue on something that you feel is getting you nowhere. I think this book is full of examples of courage, and perseverance, even when your'e taking the path with a LOT more bumps in the road. I learned some good lessons, about courage and strength, from Arnold and I think that anyone else who reads this book would be able to learn some good lessons as well, and they'd be even more customized for every different person who reads the book.