Bruce And Darby's Observation In High School

☺ Nothing invigorates high school students more then a raw, overwhelming, dramatic relationship. The gossip that was churned up was too much to bare waste to. Had Darby been the one that won over Bruce? It started with a cringing screech and then blunt force of metal upon metal. From that moment on every high school girls dream boy, Bruce Edwards, became Darby Haynes worst nightmare. The squabbles between Bruce and Darby occurred nonstop. First, there was the crash, and then there was their blundered attempt at a blind date. In Darby’s mind there was no one as ignorant and self centered as Bruce Edwards. That was until she met the high school flirt David Matthews. The only way to avoid David’s attention now was to do what no other would have
Her meticulous wording allows the reader to formulate many questions such as why was Bruce so cruel yet so sweet to Darby, and would their relationship work out? Bruce was a gentleman dressed as a nightmare. One minute he was a heartless individual, leaving Darby with malevolent thoughts about him, and the next he was a kind gentleman who walked her to class. This leaves the reader to question whether or not his emphasized sarcasm was really just an act. I do not believe that this was an act of defiance towards Darby. I believe that this behavior resulted purely from his volatile nature. When Bruce is not with Darby he continues to display this behavior with many others such as David Matthews. Even though he was self-centered jerk Bruce managed to ring Darby into his love life. This left the reader to question about how long Bruce knew that he was in love with Darby? I think he knew from the second time he met her on the blind date. The two were complete opposites, but that is what attracted them to each other: “You’re the perfect couple. Maybe it’s because he’s so big and you’re so small. You look like-like-a female and male version of David and Goliath” (South 62). From that moment on Bruce continued to pick on Darby showing his affection for her only in the pinnacle of the moment. Sherri Cobb South left the reader in suspense even after the book was over. There were many questions that could be formulated during this