And the one thing that is capable of stopping this situation from turning even worse cannot be located.
Simon-the keeper (and teller) of all secrets of Bayview High-is choking with blue lips and bug eyes. “We can’t find his EpiPen.” Nate Macauley, Chapter One He knows in advance that he will die, and that the four other teens will be viewed through the lens of their stereotypes, blamed for his murder, and dragged through the mud. At the same time, his statement that he is “all-knowing” foreshadows his suicide. This could very well describe his ambition for his app, About That. Simon views himself as “above” his classmates, a disembodied voice who knows more than anyone else. This quote develops Simon’s characterization as well as serves as foreshadowing. "'You're all walking teen-movie stereotypes.I'm the omniscient narrator.'" Simon (to Cooper, Nate, Bronwyn, and Addy), Chapter 1 Considering the title of the book, that makes for a very good opening. This quote from Bronwyn appears to be setting up Simon to play the role of the villain, but then again, she obviously reads Simon’s gossip, so how trustworthy is she? The opening is effective because while the reader gets some important information quickly, there is also enough ambiguity to allow one to pause for a moment and wonder if the information in Simon's app OR her narration is reliable. What we’ve got here is a high school drama for the age of social media. The opening lines of the novel effectively convey the setting of the story. If all you knew of Bayview High was Simon Kelleher’s gossip app, you’d wonder how anyone found time to go to class." Bronwyn Rojas, Chapter 1
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