While you read the text, you can see that the narrator uses “I” often. An example that can relate to it is one of the sentences on (l. 1 p. 1) where he says “I was eleven and my to buddies….” From here you know that he is a first-person narrator. There are much more of these examples through the text you encounter in. The narrator is eleven years old and has two close buddies who he leads. You can agree that he is the main leader of the group they formed themselves, because on page 41 where they’re holding a kangaroo court, the narrator gives the orders to Hass and Morgan. He is watching while they’re completing. Hass and Morgan don’t even question the narrators’ authority. (l. 16 p 42) The narrator kind of commanding Morgan to give him a cigarette and he just do it. From these examples you can clearly conclude that the narrator is the leader, because Hass and Morgan accept his authority and orders although he is younger than them. “Ill-adjusted” boy would be the accurate description for the narrator. Any of his weakness must not be shown: (ll. 25-27. P. 42) He knows, that they got too far, but he doesn’t want to show any weakness. We know that he has the highest status among his friends and he doesn’t want to lose it. Although he is a year younger than the two others, he sees himself as a role model. In the text where the three boys tie Simpson, the narrator comes back and untie because of his conscience. He feels some emptiness and is actually afraid of feeling remorse. (l. 25 p. 43) You can read that he has a good reputation of Simpson. A big part of his life will be affected by peer pressure, since he often is pressured by his father as well as Hass and Morgan. Sometimes as a reader you feel that the narrator is pressured to be “Tough” although he doesn’t want to, but he has to follow the two other boys as to be in his rank position.
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