Victor is a boy who is continuously embarrassing himself in order to gain a girl’s admiration.In the story “Seventh Grade”, it says, “Great rosebushes of red bloomed on Victor’s cheeks. A river of nervous sweat ran down his palms. He felt awful. Teresa sat a few desks away, no doubt thinking he was a fool.”(para. 33). This is important because Victor has embarrassed himself and all eyes are on him, he is under a lot of pressure. To add to that, the girl he had a crush on and the girl that he thought about was in the room probably thinking he was a fool. Furthermore, when victor was called on by the teacher for an example of a person “Teresa,” Victor said automatically. Some of the girls giggled. They knew he had a crush on Teresa. He felt himself
