In this section, Elwood enjoys a small sense of liberation. By working on a secret assignment, he suddenly gains freedoms he wouldn’t encounter if he had stayed on campus. However, it’s worth noting that the deliveries he, Turner, and Harper make are ethically dubious, since the supplies they sell are intended to be used at Nickel Academy. In this way, Elwood is forced to help the school—his very own oppressor—benefit in shady ways, something that no doubt goes against this moral compass. At this point, though, there’s seemingly nothing he can do about this.