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Nicky wanted to help a badger that was caught in netting by his shed and care for it, However, he did not know anything about badgers. Consequently, He went to the library to see if there were any books about badgers to help him know how to care for one. He found books about badgers but none gave information about caring for them. Then, he called an expert to teach him how to care for a badger. Suddenly, his friend found out about the badger and wanted to kill it. His friend (Jezbo) wanted to kill it because of it attacking his dog. Unexpectedly, a bunch of badgers came out of nowhere to defend the badger. A police officer came over to see what was going on. The cop took Jezbo away. The badger finally got to return to his family.

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The badger represents something Nicky can care for in his tough life. The badger symbolizes a victim in the battle of good verses evil. Nicky strives to protect the badger from the evil side.

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The dog Satan represents the evil in Jezbo. He would send Satan to attack the badger den. The dog symbolizes evil.

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Life is not easy for Nicky. His mom is gone, his dad is out on bail, and his brother Kenny, needs to be looked after. He has a big problem that is really hard to solve. I can relate to Nicky because I am stressed even right now playing on two baseball teams trying my best to improve in academics and athletics.

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Nicky does not like Jezbo due to his cruelty of animals and luring Kenny, who is Nicky's brother, into trouble. Nicky tries to save the badgers that are being attacked by Satan (Jezbo's dog). Nicky ends up saving Jezbo's tiniest dog after Jezbo leaves it to die. He also saves the baby badger. In the end Jezbo is taken away by a cop.

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Sometimes small acts have huge consequences. Also, doing the right thing will pay off eventually. In the meantime, the bullies who organized the badger hunt are not happy at all to find out a badger survived through the killing. Nicky helps this badger and faces lots of challenges and consequences due to the badger, but in the end, the badger gets to go in peace back to it's family.

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Nicky questons himself on if he really has a good friend. All of his friends are mean and try to kill badgers. Nicky thinks the badgers should live. One of his friends brings his brother into trouble. Nicky thinks he needs to care for his brother more than be with his friends. Nicky's brother is special so his mind is not right. Nicky wants to do what's right and let badgers have peace.

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The shed represents the place that Nicky hid the dog and badger. He hid them to keep them safe and for the dog to heal from being attacked by one of the badgers. The dog was Jezbo's that he left to die in the woods. Nicky found the badger and kept Tina safe. That is also where he made the phone call for someone to help him gain knowledge about raising badgers. The shed symbolizes somewhere Nicky can help these animals and keep helping them. It is the animal's safe house.

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"Jezbo had sent Kenny to get me to join in on killing badgers. Well I didn't want anything to do with this" (McGowan 19). This quote is important because it shows how Nicky doesn't want to be part of doing bad things. This is where the character finds out he has horrible friends.