Bifocal Notes

CHAPTER ONE: JAY
Posted on November 27, 2008
Pg.1-16: Exposition
Ellis’ and Walters’ novel begins with the first protagonist, Jay, who is surrounded by his peers in the school weight room. As a group, they cheer his bench pressing ability. Just as he attempts one beyond ten presses, Jay is interrupted by a student’s voice: it alerts, “There are cops in the school” (3). Students note the school is surrounded by dozens of police officers.The opening scene switches to the school hallway (4), where Jay and his friends scope out the current incident. They see two armed officers in black uniforms enter the building, followed by a squadron of police. Kevin leads Jay and Steve to see more of the action from an unauthorized area. When the PA announces a LOCKDOWN, warning students to follow lockdown protocols, the 3 boys ignore the announcement, enjoying their own “lockdown spot” to view the action from the school roof. Intrigued by the number of vehicles / officers / artillery, the boys are also confused and speculate about their purpose (10-11).
The boys see black suited cops that “towered over two students”, cuffed and held by officers (13), followed by Ms. Singh. When the 3 boys are spotted by the police, they escape back through the trap door (14-15), finding a room to hide so not to get caught.




















Chapter 2 NotesPlot Summary: Haroon is the narrator in this chapter of the novel, which is written by Deborah Ellis. Ms. Monalisa Singh, the coach of the ‘Reach for the Top’ course, which is probably some sort of extracurricular academic course for the students that have a wider range of knowledge and are willing to expand and compete on it. Suddenly, the PA turns on with Principal Atkins yelling out that there is a lockdown. Ms. Singh, who taught for a year in the Gaza Strip, in unmoved by this announcement. The team, consisting of Haroon, Jose, Nadia, Marie, Azeem, and Nygen, continues on in their Reach for the Top lighting round. While they are competing, the police break into the classroom and they handcuff Haroon and Azeem. In this chaos, Ms. Singh is very angry, often telling the police to let go of the boys. Haroon, after telling the man in authority that he is a 3rd generation Canadian-Persian, has his handcuffs taken off, but Azeem is arrested and put into the police car. The lockdown is then considered officially over and the students are ordered to leave the school immediately. Haroon meets up with his friend, Julian, who is using a puppet. While they are walking through the halls, a bunch of white ninth graders give some racist comments to Haroon and Julian. After telling the ninth graders to back off, they walk away, trying not to be noticed by the sea of police or interviewers outside the school
Key Characters
Monalisa Singh- Coach of the ‘Reach for the Top’ team
Taught in the Gaza Strip for one year
Teaching in the Gaza Strip built up her mental confidence and endurance, although she was not physically a large person
Objects to the handcuffing and potential arrest of Haroon and Azeem (although Azeem is still arrested)
Represents Deborah Ellis in a way, as she is a confident and intelligent. Also, Deborah Ellis is an anti- terrorism war activist, and so is Ms. Singh
Haroon Badawi- Protagonist of the portion of the book Deborah Ellis has written
-->3rd generation Canadian Persian
-->Implied to be academically successful, as he is on the ‘Reach for the Top’ team
-->He is handcuffed and nearly taken away by the police
-->A quiet and almost cowardice person, as he makes no attempt to help his team mate/friend Azeem when he is being taken away
Azeem- One of Haroon’s team mates/friends from the ‘Reach for the Top’ team
-->Brown skinned
-->Handcuffed and taken away by the police
-->Was handcuffed along with Haroon because they were ‘likely’ suspects for the unknown crime ( 9/11 Terrorist Attacks)
Jose, Nadia, Marie, and Nygen
CHAPTER 3
Chapter 3 is Jay’s story written by Eric Walters. It starts with Kevin, a highly respected football player in Grade 12 & Jay’s friend, driving Jay home. Kevin can’t think of anything while Jay can only think about whether he has a possible future in football or not and the days traumatizing, exciting, and strange events. (29-30). Jay also reflects on how there are different groups of people at his school and how they were generally based on race or religion. He thinks about how these different groups are most commonly organized by what table you sit at lunch (30-32).Jay is the one grade 11 kid on the team, and [this status] gives him a better position at his school[:] more respect and responsibility (33). [When h]e comes home to his mother, the[ two] watch the news (34). It turns out a group of 17 terrorists in a covert group with possible association with Al Queda have been arrested (35-38). Azeem from Jay’s school was the one minor and the cause for the lockdown. (NOTE: This [portion of the story] is based on real events [in Canada]). They discuss how this could have happened, and what the terrorists could have done to the public. Why couldn’t repeats of 9/11 and the Spain and London bombings be possible? Jay is deeply disturbed by the thought (39-43).Key Characters:Jay: a linebacker on the football team at his high school.He is in grade 11. He is not involved in the terrorist investigationmore than any other student at his school. So far…Kevin: Jay’s friend and ringleader of the group.He is in grade 12 and he probably has a future in college football.He hates missing practice for any reason, including homegrown terrorism.Jay’s Mother: She is worried about Jay when the reportsof the terrorists [appear] on the news. She also scares Jay bytelling him that terrorist attacks could happen here [in hisown community].








CHAPTER 4 Haroon’s father is making his famous lamb casserole for dinner, famous because it’s not very good (44)- Haroon engages in a good-natured talk with his father (44)- He tells his father what has happened at school that day: the lockdown, police, media, and arrests (45)- Hearing that Haroon almost got arrested, Haroon’s father shows his parental concern and instantly stops his usual jokes (45)- Haroon’s sister, Zana, comes into the house bouncing her basketball explaining that there have been rumours about Haroon turning Azeem over to the police so he could replace Azeem on the ‘Reach for the Top’ team (45)- Haroon’s family discusses what might happen to Azeem as a result of his arrests and expresses their sympathy towards Azeem’s family (46)- Haroon’s mom is a doctor specializing in high-risk pregnancies and works late (47)- Haroon’s dad is professor at an university; he enjoys reading classical books such as those of Charles Dickens (47)- Haroon’s family watches non-cable TV about the day’s arrests and commotion (48-49)- Haroon’s mother comes home. Haroon’s family has developed a secret family code: Good Day-means there were no deaths of mothers in Haroon’s mother’s hospital shift (51)- At school the next morning, Detective Moffett finds Haroon in Brown Town (where most Muslims gather at the school) and forces him into a police car to be interrogated (55)- Moffett and two other policemen lecture and interrogate Haroon until Haroon’s best friend Julian comes and ‘saves’ him.KEY CHARACTER’S IN CHAPTERHaroon’s father- is a professor at an university who is very knowledgeable- he likes to read book such as Charles Dickens-kind and compassionate (tries to comfort and make Haroon feel better about the rumours at school)- thankful for what he has (shown on pg.47 “Dad grabs us and holds us close. I know he’s thinking about the parents who cannot hold their children today…”)Haroon’s mother- is a doctor who specializes in high risk pregancies- kind and very responsible (pg.47 mentions that Haroon’s mom never wants to leave at the end of her shift if a new mother is in trouble)Detective Kenneth Moffett-is the detective on the “terrorist case” who interrogates Haroon-presumes Azeem already guilty before trial (shown on pg.57 “Friends like that are dangerous to keep” referring to Azeem)
CHAPTER 5 The chapter begins with Jay and the rest of the football team running laps and remembering what happened yesterday, wondering if it had all been real. They finish and Mr. Pruit (the coach) calls them in (60-61). He says he’d like to tell them about what happened the previous day, but he doesn’t know. It had been all over the newspapers, and most people had seen it. The team had also dropped to fifth, for the exact reasons Kevin had predicted. Kevin is quick to point this out. The coach then went into an extended metaphor describing the relationships between war and a football game, all the time his voice getting higher and higher. Apparently Jay’s school is known for its football skills, so it was that much more important to them (62-65).After running a lap, the team goes inside where Jay sees clearly the locker that belonged to Azeem. While he is looking at it, he is interrupted by a group of girls who would like to pass. Among the group is Zana, who remarks how hard it is to believe that Azeem would be involved. She points him to Mustafa, whom Jay knows only as ‘Moose’ (66-69). In the locker room, he approaches Mustafa, who doesn’t know anything about Azeem, and starts to get mad until Zana is mentioned. He then cools down and explains that Azeem was more often at the prayer group, which Jay didn’t even know existed. Mustafa says that all he prays for is that the lines at McDonald’s are short (70-71).Later in the day, as Jay is in class, thinking about what Mustafa had said, when the fire alarm begins to ring. Since this is a fairly common occurrence, nobody, not even the teacher is overly concerned or excited until they see the smoke, when the panic begins. After some arguing over possessions people are reluctant to leave behind, the entire school exits and goes to the yard to see the smoke pouring out of the school. When the firemen arrive, Jay’s imagination goes wild until he calms down and realizes someone probably threw out a cigarette. The firemen emerge, holding what Jay instantly recognizes as a smoke bomb (72-76).



















CHAPTER 6 This chapter begins with Haroon sitting in a circle with his classmates in Mrs. Singh's religion class. She asks the class a question if 'we created god or god created us'. It gets the class thinking and she divides the class up into groups based on their own personal thoughts on the question. Haroon is in the group that doesn't know.After her class Haroon is pulled aside by Mrs. Singh and is asked about one of his buddies on the Reach for the Top team. His name is José and his mother pulled him out of school because of she thought he would be around terrorists. Haroon feels awkward almost because he has been teases the last few days about him being almost taken away.Haroon then runs off to his Algebra class with his sister Zana. This is a class where Haroon isn't doing to well in with a B. Yet he is not worried because at home after school Zana goes over the work with him. Zana is smarter than Haroon in some classes like Algebra but not in many others. The teacher puts a question on the chalk board for the class to figure out individually. As Haroon is about to solve the question the fire alarm goes off. The students are told to exit the building in a orderly fashion and stay with their classes outside. Since nobody ever stays with their class and they all just group off again into jocks, goths, preppy girls, nerds and so on Haroon finds Julian and sits down with him. They talk about how they think it is the real thing because firemen are racing into the school and police cars are speeding in the parking lot. Out of the blue someone yells 'LOOK' and they see smoke pouring out of the windows. Not too soon after that a fireman walks out of the school holding a smoke bomb.As the students are walking back into school Detective Moffett comes up to Haroon and tells him if he had anything to do with the bomb he should speak to him. Julian tells him to ignore him and as they are going into the school Zana tells Haroon to stick up for himself once and a while.














Chapter 7, Pages 84-99 - RespondentThis Chapter in Bifocal is a very racist one and I will demonstrate that for you in this response to chapter seven. In this chapter Jay, Kevin and Steve are ending their morning football practice and talking about the recent smoke bomb that had been set off in the school. Kevin needs to go to the mall to pick up some dog food so the other two boys tag along because they need a ride home and it is on the way. Once in the car with Kevin, Steve and Jay are then exposed to Kevin’s racism and rude comments. Once at the mall there is a Muslim woman blocking a parking spot. “Can’t you read the sign? It says no parking! You should be riding a camel instead of driving that piece of crap. Get it moving- unless you’re planning a suicide bombing!” Yelled Kevin at the Muslim woman. It is obvious to the reader of Bifocal that Jay knows what is happening is wrong and is too embarrassed to do anything. In the book Steve and Jay question whether what Kevin was doing was right but he claims, “ I was performing a service”. Kevin is trying to cover up and make it seem like what he had said was acceptable and appropriate but both Steve and Jay and the reader know it was simply racism.Moving on in chapter seven, Kevin makes another racist remark when he says “ Sikhs, Arabs, same difference”. After this quote is said Jay tries to distinguish the difference between the two and not just watch the racism happen. Kevin dismisses his comments and says, “ since when are you an expert on religions”. Jay realizes that he should not be talking back to the captain of the football team and quickly shuts his mouth before he says too much. In my opinion Jay should not have backed down, he should have made a stand and not just sat back and watched Kevin make extremely racist comments. While reading this chapter, I and I am sure other readers get an uncomfortable sense of being because we know the racial remarks being made by Kevin are not right and should never be said in our life and community.















Chapter 8 starts off as Kevin shows Jay the front page of the news paper.Kevin reads Jay the newspaper article and he starts going into a frenzy.The article says that all whites are racist and it is because of them that they bring bombs.Kevin gets a group of kids and storms off in search of the kid that was interviewed in the article.Kevin meets up with Zana and she tells him that Husain didn’t go to school that day.The football team is called for a meeting in the gym when they get there they see no coach, instead they see the principle.The principle inquires into the incident and tells the team to stay away from the brown kids lockers.,Kevin asks about Husain and if he got punished.CHAPTER 9 This chapter is in Haroon eyes. Julian is the one that come up with the idea of going to Azeem’s court hearing. Eventually Julian persuades Haroon to go. That night around the kitchen table Haroon and his family are talking about him not being able to go. Usually Haroons mother and father don’t agree on very much, but they both agree that Haroon should not get himself even more mixed up in this then he already is. Before he goes to bed, Haroon phones Julian and tells him that he will go to the court hearing against his fathers and mothers wishes. The next morning Haroon meets Julian at the schools bike racks, Julian has borrowed his mothers car because it is very hard to get there using public transportation. During the car ride Julian and Haroon talk about Azeem, the police say that they have evidence that Azeem attended a terrorist camp in the woods but both of them don’t believe it. Outside of the court room there are many men and women outside of the court house, the men have long beards and wear shalwar kameez and caps or turbans, a few women have faces showing but a lot have veils hiding there faces. Before Julian and Haroon go into the courthouse they have to go through a metal detector, the guards take more time inspecting Haroon then they do Julian. Haroon sees Azeem’s family and goes over to offer them his best wishes. The judge comes in then Azeem is brought to the acussed box. He looks at Harron and Julian and actually smiles and waves. The gavel comes out and Azeem is taken away. Outside the court room a reporter confronts Julian and asks him if he knows the accused and if he knew about Azeems involvement with terrorists. To this Julian gets angry and the camera goes away. Right before Haroon leaves he hears Zana’s voice then turns and sees her dressed in a hajab she tells him to stand up for himself then melts into the crowed.






CHAPTER 10 This chapter is in Jay’s eyes. Jay gets home from a hard practice, he is exhausted. His mother says that she won’t be able to go to the next game. Jay is thankful for that because he likes hat his parents were interested in his sporting life but it was a little bit embarrassing. He turns on the TV, on the news there is something about a war in the Middle East. His mother then asks him if he knows anything about the arrest made at his school but Jay was hoping to see something on the news himself. Right on cue the news turns to “Home grown terrorist.” The scene then shifts to the court house where there are many people milling about the entrance. Jay says that the women look like characters out of star wars like the evil characters dressed in black and breathing like Darth Vader. The announcer goes on but doesn’t say any thing new. Then it goes to any interview with Julian and Haroon. They are asked a couple of questions then the reporter asks, “Did you have any idea your classmate was involved in terrorist activities?” Julian replies, “Do you have ESP, do you have special powers that let you know the outcome of a trail before it even starts? If not, then don’t ask such stupid questions!” At this Jay laughs out loud at this then gets up to eat.

In CHAPTER 11, Haroon’s parents find out that Haroon went against their wishes and went to Azeem’s trial with Julian. After, Haroon’s mom gets into an argument with Zana wearing the abaya.In CHAPTER 12 Jay and his football team beat the Streetsville team by a lot. After the game, Jay, Kevin, and Steve saw Moose stumbling in the locker room. Moose explained that it was Ramadan (a special time in the Muslim calendar) and during Ramadan, Muslims can’t eat or drink anything after sunrise and before sunset. That’s why Moose was so tired. Jay, Kevin, and Steve helps Moose get his books. When they exit the school, they saw the principal, vice-principal, some teachers, kids, and two cops. The principal sees Jay and motioned for Jay to join them.In CHAPTER 13, Haroon just finished the Reach for the Top practice. Haroon and Ms. Singh walk outside and see Brown Town defiled. Racial slurs are painted everywhere and the whole place is littered wit ham.








CHAPTER 14 Jay and Steve had walked with moose to brown town only to find the principal and the caretaker with a bunch of kids staring at the bleachers, covered in graffiti
The bike racks read camel parking and the bleachers read sand monkey which moose said was as insult to Muslims. As well there was ham on the field which was the most impure meat to Muslims.
The media comes by and wants to get the scoop on what is going on. Mr. Atkins doesn’t want the reputation of the school destroyed so he gets everybody to work on cleaning up the field. He also says if the media must show these messages then they will show the students working to clean them up
They all start cleaning the words up. Jay and Steve scrub on the bleachers and the caretaker spray paints the concrete.
Steve then saw Haroon, who was a friend of Julian’s and they became friends.
Jay mentions the trial to Haroon and the reason he was there. Haroon tells him he wanted to support Azeem.
Haroon tells jay that Azeem was arrested in Reach for the Top practice.
Steve then says the Haroon is getting to be a TV star and tells him he is on tonight's news
CHAPTER 15 There is a special assembly and haroon notices the principal is very angry about the graffiti yesterday.
While Haroon is walking back to class he hears phrases that show dislike to whoever graphitized the bleachers. Haroon’s parents are trying hard to keep a truce with Zana. Haroon is grateful when Julian comes for the evening due to Iftar. Julian speaks with Zana the same way he talks with her when she is wearing blue jeans. When julian leaves haroon’s house azeem calls him and tells him that he was happy to see Haroon and Julian. Azeem wishes haroon a happy Ramadan. Then they talk about the Reach for the Top team. Haroon wakes up the next day and at school he feels that everybody is afraid of him even though he wears the same clothes and sings the same national anthem. Hadi whose locker is next to Haroon states that “if they stop killing us over there we will stop killing you over here.” Azeem’s parents come to an evening of Iftar at Haroon’s house but not a successful one. Zana is going to iftar at her friends house Zana states about how the world is attacking muslims and shows how Haroon is not mature enough They went to the mosque to pray. As soon as they leave and reach the block Detective Moffet shows up and new face names professor Badawi They tell Haroon’s dad that haroon has been taking calls from Azeem. His father knows his son and Detective moffet tells Haroon to stop receiving Azeem’s calls.



CHAPTER 16 It is the day before Eid (a Muslim holiday). Haroon’s family always works at the food bank on the last day of Ramadan, and Julian is also there helping out, as they always do everything together. Haroon celebrates Kwanza with Julian and his mom. Zana is avoiding Haroon because of their confrontation, but Haroon is optimistic that things will be ok because his cousin who is about the same age as them is coming and may lessen the tension. Haroon’s father gets a call from his uncle saying that the family was not allowed to fly because he was on the no-fly list. The book skips to the next day where Haroon and his family are at the mosque they go to, wishing everyone a happy Eid. Haroon hopes that the mood will stay all good when he goes to a group of people standing in the parking lot around a newspaper, with a story on the man who told the police about the terrorists. The people around it start to have a heated discussion; some saying that he did the right thing while others were saying that he betrayed his religion and his people by turning them in. Zana reads ahead in the article and sees that the man got 50 thousand dollars for turning them in

CHAPTER 17
Jay is at church during this chapter, getting bored out of his mind and wanting to fall to sleep. Jay was noticing all of the technology that was in the church, getting really bored when his mom nudged him and told him the priest was talking about the terrorism The priests speech was very powerful to Jay, really moving him, when the priest said that they should not hate on a religion just because a few of the members had so much hatred and evil inside of them, taking the words from the Koran and the teachings of Mohammed, and making them a reason to kill people. The service ended, and Jay sat in the pew thinking about what the sermon had said. Jay and his family went to Harvey’s for breakfast, and then went home where Jay had a discussion with his father In their discussion, Jay’s father gave the impression that he thought that all the people arrested were terrorists and that they were a little racist. Jay’s father seemed to be a racist towards Muslims.













This CHAPTER18 is in Jay’s point of view it talks about how Jay, Kevin and Steve are they are the Three Bears. In the first part of the book they have a confrontation with Julian. In which Kevin gets very upset with Julian because he quit the football team. Then they meet Zana and have a huge issue Kevin that in quotes calls her a “Sand Monkey”. Then Zana and Jay start arguing about Kevin and his really bad attitude towards everything.

CHAPTER 19 This chapter is seen through Haroon’s eyes he has a pretty uneventful morning in till he goes to Ms. Singhs class and before the class everyone is gathered around the DVD player and Haroon wonders what it is. Then someone starts talking to him about the party and someone makes a really rude comment saying” YOU SHOULD DRESS UP AS YOUR SISTER!!” Then Mrs. Singh comes in and see’s the video tape and get s really upset. He then finds out that Hadi was watching a terrorist recruitment video. Then Mrs Singh confiscates it and Hadi begs for it back. She then gets really angry at Hadi and Haroon threatens him and tells him to stop.

CHAPTER 20 Julian beats Jay, Kevin and Steve in the costume contest because the brown kids cheered for Julian, Kevin says. Steve then takes Jay and Kevin out for a coffee and a doughnut on him. Kevin then remembers that it is Halloween and he tells Jay and Steve to get some guys and meet behind the school at 10 P.M and to wear some dark clothes and a mask.
Key Setting
The key setting in this chapter is the school’s cafeteria where the costume contest takes place.
Key Characters
Kevin: In this chapter Kevin shows how obnoxious he is towards the brown kids saying things like “ I’m tired of these kids, the way they dress and the way they smell.”
Julian: In this chapter Julian shows what a great sense of humor he has when he is doing his acceptance speech after he wins the costume contest.







CHAPTER 21 Haroon is at the Reach for The Top show. All his family is there and Zana is wearing her hajib. Haroon says she is not the weirdest looking person there. The show’s host is named Betty Olson. All the contestants are given cards to write something interesting about themselves. Betty Olson comes around to read them out and on Haroon’s card, he says hi to Azeem. Part way through the show the building is evacuated when a bomb threat is called in. When they get back in for the show, Haroon gets really mad and starts to answer all the questions correctly, and in the end Haroon’s team destroys Rutherford.

CHAPTER 22 “The eggs and tomatoes were one thing, but we had crossed the line. If there had been another pot right there beside me, I might have thrown it too. And that scared me most of all.”(235)
This quote sums up what Jay and his football friends did that night. Not only did they vandalize the houses of the people they disliked with vegetables and toilet paper, but they also crossed the line by breaking a window. The quote above expresses not only what happened in the chapter, but also Jay’s final realization that the leadership and direction that Kevin and the football team was going did not emulate Jay’s values. Jay finally realized that he was turning into a person that could hurt others just for fun or personal vendetta because of peer-pressure from his football teammates. Another quote that expresses Jay being peer pressured is when Jay gets pressured into drinking beer-“I wanted to spit it out or rinse my mouth, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t do it for the same reason I couldn’t say no thank you when it was passed my way.”
Chapter twenty-two is a significant chapter for Jay. While vandalizing houses, a window is smashed. Before all the vandalism, Jay already had a bad feeling about what Kevin was planning to do. However, before Jay could think clearly, he was already caught up in the mix of things. He joined his friends in vandalizing because he didn’t want to feel left out. When the window of the house was smashed, Jay was shocked and came back to his senses. He knew a lot of things he did with the company of Kevin were wrong but he just didn’t have the guts to oppose Kevin; he was being controlled like a robot by Kevin’s commanding leadership. While vandalizing houses with vegetables seemed not too harmful to Jay as the act could be reversed, breaking someone’s window made him realize that the act was irreversible. What made him fear most was the fact that if there had been another pot beside him, he might be tempted to break another window himself! At that thought, he knew that he had crossed the line, and that he had had enough. Chapter twenty-two was the turning point of Jay’s perspective. He was finally ready to admit his mistakes.


CHAPTER 23 First of all in Chapter 23, the Badawi family was in a jovial mood while driving home, shooting jokes back and forth. But the second they entered their own driveway, their moods all plummeted.
“Our beautiful house, beautiful because it is our home, has been savaged.” Pg. 240.
Haroon’s mind went awhirl at that moment, and started to believe it was another one of Hadi’s antics driven by jihad and making Allah happy. But all of Haroon’s thoughts about Hadi and his antics soon disappear as he notices the words “Camel Jockies” written on his house; this is when racism is added into the midst of the conflict. Though the Badawi family does not know of the culprits, they can rest assure it was done by people without the Muslim culture.
“Fear of Terror. Terror of Fear.” Pg. 243.
The next morning, Haroon brings up a vital point within the themes of the novel. While thinking to himself in his own room, Haroon ponders about why one feels safe when terrorizing others. For example, Hadi and the people who trashed the Badawi’s house are not afraid because they have struck first. This theme also relates to real life relationships between the Counter-Terrorists (US Government, United Nations, etc.) and the Terrorists (Al-Qaeda, Taliban, etc.)

CHAPTER 24 Chapter 24 is based on the confrontation between Jay and Steve after the night of vandalism. All of the people that participated in the event were in a horrendous mood, mainly recalling the pot crashing through the window.
“Join the club. It just got out of control.” Pg. 248.
During the conversation between Steve and Jay, Steve had a revelation about the relationship of his grandfather and his father in the past. Because Steve’s father is black and his grandfather is white, his grandfather would have been throwing bricks and rocks at his father. And Steve could not have believed that he was doing the same to someone else.
“Nobody can prove anything if we don’t admit to it.” Pg. 250.
In the end, both Steve and Jay resolve to have the team stick together to one story. If any of the members says something wrong, the entire team would sink with that one person. Though this shows a large amount of team bonding, it shows a lack of honesty even while they all knew what they have done was wrong.