This is actually a comment, again.

I continue to have issues with this blog thing. This is actually a comment on Evan's blog post.

Many characters in "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven," including Thomas Builds-the-Fire, Samuel Builds-the-Fire, and Junior (The one in "A Good Story") are all storytellers. While some of these characters, such as Junior, create happy stories, other characters do worse when they tell stories. Samuel stops telling stories and eventually gets drunk and either commits suicide or is just to drunk to keep from dying. Thomas stops telling stories for a while, but when he resumes talking, he is sent to prison as a result. Do these characters partially reflect how Alexie views himself?