The Graveyard Book

by

Neil Gaiman

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Nick Character Analysis

Nick and his best friend, Mo, are bullies at the school that Bod briefly attends. While Mo is the brains of their operation, Nick is the brawn. He’s a hefty blond kid and doesn’t think much. He especially loves stealing things and hitting people, but Mo tells him specifically what to steal and who to hit. Things begin to go downhill for Nick when Bod catches on to Nick and Mo’s bullying tactics: they blackmail younger students by forcing them to steal something, but then Nick and Mo film the theft and threaten to take the video to the police if the kids don’t hand over their weekly allowances. Bod encourages Nick to change his ways by infiltrating one of Nick’s dreams (Bod has this capability because of the Freedom of the Graveyard). After this, Nick refuses to speak to Mo and seems to turn himself around.

Nick Quotes in The Graveyard Book

The The Graveyard Book quotes below are all either spoken by Nick or refer to Nick. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Community, Identity, and Coming of Age Theme Icon
).
Chapter 6 Quotes

Bod said nothing. Then he said, “It’s not just the learning stuff. It’s the other stuff. Do you know how nice it is to be in a room filled with people and for all of them to be breathing?”

Related Characters: Nobody “Bod” Owens (speaker), Silas, Nick, Mo
Page Number: 193
Explanation and Analysis:
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Nick Quotes in The Graveyard Book

The The Graveyard Book quotes below are all either spoken by Nick or refer to Nick. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Community, Identity, and Coming of Age Theme Icon
).
Chapter 6 Quotes

Bod said nothing. Then he said, “It’s not just the learning stuff. It’s the other stuff. Do you know how nice it is to be in a room filled with people and for all of them to be breathing?”

Related Characters: Nobody “Bod” Owens (speaker), Silas, Nick, Mo
Page Number: 193
Explanation and Analysis: