Tim Federle's Better Nate Than Ever

In the beginning of the story, Better Nate than Ever by Tim Federle, Nate changes a lot from the beginning of the story to the end. At the beginning, Nate is a boy who is scared of most things. He is mostly scared of his classmates and other people he may come across. In school, he gets picked on a lot because he is not only a soprano. but also an actor. He usually stays quiet and lets everyone bully him without doing anything about it. One day (page 12), Nate sees a poster that says, “Try out for Elliot in the new musical, E.T.! All ages welcome. Just come to 45 Newell Lane in New York City!” When Nate sees this poster, he has hope for himself. This hope sparks the little courage he has left, so he goes to New York City. Without telling his parents, or anyone for that matter ( page 56). On the bus ride there, Nate was
He can’t even make sounds anymore, he has instead resorted to grunts. Than suddenly, on the way home to boring old Janksburg Pennsylvania, he get a phone call. The team judging the auditions had made a mistake. They meant to give him a call back! This call back gave Nate a sudden burst of courage and hope. He ran right back to the audition and didn’t even stutter! This was a first for Nate, a big step in his hopefully Broadway career. Even though Nate didn’t mess up once with his new-found courage, but he stood up for himself when one of the team members was rude to him (page 143). Turns out, he didn’t get Elliot like he wanted. Instead, he got what he thought was a better option. He was offered the role of E.T. After his spectacular performance on page 183, Nate finally goes back to school. Instead of cowering in fear, he stands up for himself to all the bullies. Plus, no one makes fun of him anymore. They don’t dare make fun of someone who just performed on Broadway at age 13! Doing this audition made Nate stronger, more courageous, and a better Nate than