Point of View

The novel is written in first-person from Marc's limited perspective. That means the reader knows only what Marc knows. Nathan's situation is a major example of that limitation. Marc has come to hate Nathan because Nathan continually taunts Marc. When Jake sends Marc back to the classroom to apologize to his teacher, Ms. Carpenter, and to Nathan, Marc has no problem apologizing to his teacher but Jake has to prompt him to apologize to Nathan. After the apology, Ms. Carpenter says that Marc is “better than that” (Location 174). This hints that Ms. Carpenter may already know that Nathan has a difficult life, but she does not say anything else and Marc does not seem to sense any deeper meaning in her words.

Marc's interaction with Jake is an important example of his limited perspective. Marc often says that he can see emotions on Jake's face...