"The reason nobody thought of us was that at school, in the presence 

of really tough kids who got into fights and talked back to teachers, we were 
colorless and mild. "

Jack is satisfied about his life, he thinks he is strong and powerful to make all the things near him into a mess. He becomes self-important, cocksure, insane in their arrogance. Nevertheless, he steals and he hides the things he steals, but no one throw doubt on him, which makes him keep going.

Phil owns the boarding house. Phil does not like kids and only allows Toby to live there, because Toby's mother promises that Toby will not bring other kids around. Phil is badly burned from a warehouse fire. Toby assumes Phil does not like him, but Phil makes a point of touching Toby every time he walks by. Toby believes Phil does this to make himself feel worse.

On the other hand, Jack and his friends break the windows of their school cafeteria, but fortunately they are never discovered and  becoming more derelict. 

After months later, both Marian and Kathy are going to get married. Marian keep trying to fix Rosemary up with a man, and after some short-time romances, Rosemary meet Dwight. Anyway, Jack does not like Dwight at all. He makes fun of  him " tried too hard" to run after Rosemary and comically mimics Dwight's behavior.