Cody Character Analysis

A bully at Daniel’s school in Ridgeborough, New York. On one of Daniel’s first days of school, Cody pushes over a small boy and calls him a “fag” before turning to Daniel and calling him a “Chinese retard.” In response, Daniel tackles Cody, taking him by surprise and sending him to the ground. Several months later, Cody is impressed by a band that Daniel and Roland have formed, and he and Daniel become friends. When Daniel returns to Ridgeborough to attend summer classes at Carlough, he hangs out with Cody, smoking marijuana and passing the time, though Cody’s underlying racism still occasionally brings itself to bear on their relationship. On the night that Peter and Kay catch Daniel playing online poker and send him out of the house, Daniel asks Cody to pick him up and drive him to the airport so he can fly to China. When Cody arrives, he gives him a bag of Vicodin as a “good-bye present.”