Chapter 14 Analysis
Chapter 14 is another very short chapter but is still essential to the story. We now understand what really happened the day of the shooting. With the three in the locker room, Josie is fed up with Matt's attitude and decides to end it. When she shoots Matt, she asks Peter to help her out. Ironically, Peter shoots Matt again, to help Josie out. Josie needed to let go of Matt a long time ago to end the verbal abuse. Sadly, this is what all the negativity Matt had initiated, led up to. The reader can now piece together that Josie had lied this whole time, and she really understood what was going on and remembers the day clearly. Peter was not the only one guilty, but because he cared so much for his friend he wanted to take the blame and not let Josie get in trouble. At this point Josie's character is in shock and she cannot comprehend what has happened. This is a twist that the audience could never suspect, as no foreshadowing was used in previous chapters.