I have began to realize that Nick is totally crazy. He has been doing things that are totally out of the reach of sane teenagers. He has risked everything in his life and gone to extreme extents to spend time with his girlfriend. I began to realize this when I was thinking about how Sheeni was crazy, and now I realize the truth, they both have issues. I don't necessarily think that they are crazy in the same ways, I think that they each have their own unique problems.
Nick has gone to extremes throughout this book to try and be with his love. Whether he is scheming an elaborate plan, costing the welfare of others, or deceiving the woman he loves herself, he is always up to something. He often tricks others into doing his biding. He repeatedly made Dwayne pay him fees for ridiculous things. He also told Bernice that he loves her and wants Sheeni to get kicked out of school because he doesn't like her anymore, so that she would help him get her booted out of Santa Cruz. Nick has become quite deceitful.
I am still rooting for Nick of course, but now I am beginning to question whether he really is the good guy here, or if he is bad. Not to say that Nick isn't "bad," but whether the people against him or the people he's against are right, or if he is. I don't really think of Nick as a bad person, but he has done a lot of awful things along the course of this book, so I'd have to say he is somewhere in-between with the alibi that, to a certain extent, he is mentally insane.
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