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livinglifelavish777
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High School - 12th Grade

Who is the antagonist in the book "Rumble Fish" by S. E. Hinton?

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Posted by livinglifelavish777 on Thursday November 6, 2008 at 6:02 PM and tagged with antagonist, rumble fish.

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  1. ladyvols1 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    Biff Wilcox "is a member of another group, formerly allies of Rusty-James's group, now enemies. Rusty-James notes that if the old gang wars were still going on, Biff would be leader of his gang, the Devilhawks. He is tougher and more dangerous than most kids." However, the real antagonist in this novel is poverty.  Rusty, Motorcycle Boy, Biff, these kids are never going to get away from their dead end lives because the poverty of life is like an anchor around their souls. 

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    Posted by ladyvols1 on Thursday November 6, 2008 at 7:32 PM

  2. livinglifelavish777
    livinglifelavish777 Student
    High School - 12th Grade

    thanks..

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    Posted by livinglifelavish777 on Thursday November 6, 2008 at 10:04 PM

  3. china4748
    china4748 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    i say that motorcycle boy is the antagonist because he knew rusty james wanted to be like him and the antagonist of the story takes or prevents the protagonist from getting what they want and thats exactly what motorcycle boy did. he took away hope from rusty james wanting to be like him and made rusty james face his own mistakes by himself.what kind of brother is that? and as you may see biff wilcox is only metioned in the beggining of the novel. he did make things harder for rusty in the middle or end!

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    Posted by china4748 on Tuesday December 1, 2009 at 3:26 PM