hmmm just randomly off the top of my head from what i remember .. some important things are:
- (obviously) he's general rebellious attitude and 'beat te system before it beats him' attitude'
- use of third person narrative allows responders to get inside characters minds blah blah blah
- colloquial language to appeal to rebellious fag teenagers
- all about the relationship he builds with sam, thats pretty important
- the whole girlfriend representation .... caitlyn representing bretts future, whilst rebecca represents his past.
- symbolic use of the storm washing away his past
- cyclical nature of it all ... as in he ends up in as much/more trouble than he starts in ... although this happens, its the events in the book that show brett has changed and the institution was responsible for this change.
hmmm lol thats all i can think of atm
gl hf