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Significance Of Nick Andreas In Breathing Underwater

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In Breathing underwater by Alex FIinn, Nick Andreas beat his girlfriend caitlyn. The consequence was that caitlyn and her parents took Nick to court for abusing her and he had to take a class where he could work on his anger and try to change his ways. Nick could’ve been nicer to his girlfriend instead of beating her and just talk out his friends. If Nick would’ve been open and honest about his problems, maybe just maybe he wouldn’t be so angry with other people or himself. Because of his anger he got in trouble for it and he realized more and more if he kept on being cruel and mean something bad could really happpen and he will continue to hurt everybody he loves and cares about. In conclusion Nick lost his friends and the only girl he truly

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