In the beginning of the story they made Nicholas seem like a bad kid, like he was just being senseless. After the story played out a little more, you could see the author was really just trying to portray his intricate plan. I wasn't shocked that he was so devious and mysterious, it was something I could relate to. Even though the other kids got to go to the beach, Nicholas didn't want to. You could tell from the start that it was going to be bad when the little girl scraped her knee. Nicholas kept a positive mindset with a plan in his head, he was going to get into the lumber room. Feeling bad for the aunt was not how I felt, I enjoyed that she was stuck in the well. I thought it was quite funny how he played it off as if she was "The
