'Cap' Anderson Character Analysis

Capricorn "Cap" Anderson lived on Garland Farms, a hippie commune that has seen better days, with his hippie grandmother and teacher Rain all his life. Garland Farms had fourteen families originally, but it has slowly decreased to just Rain and Cap. One day, Rain falls out of a plumtree during a lesson and breaks her hip, putting her in the hospital. Cap is put into public school under the care of Floramundi "Flora" Donnelly, who was a former member of Garland Farms, and her beautiful daughter Sophie, who is not pleased of Cap's arrival while Rain is recovering. He does not fit in at Claverage Middle School (changed because of Zach into C Average ), because he is a vegetarian , listens to 60's music, wears tie-dyed clothing, has long, unkempt

Through a series of coincidences and with a little bit of good luck and hippie wisdom, Cap plans a Halloween dance, connects with the students and helps them with their problems, teaches the students how to tie-dye, and involves the entire school in his hobbies, such as T'ai Chi and playing 60's music. This attracts the attention of one of Zach's close friends, Naomi, who, despite helping Zach haze him, is intrigued by his relaxed, kind, and brave behavior, leading her to eventually kiss him. During all this, Cap is becoming more popular, making Hugh extremely jealous. Also sick of Cap's popularity, Zach convinces Hugh to help them take down Cap. On the day of C Average's football game, Hugh dresses Cap up in the jersey of C Average's rival. The entire football team (which includes Zach and one of his friends, Darrell) tackles Cap enthusiastically. This causes Cap to be knocked unconscious, and the entire school goes against the football team for injuring Cap. Later, Darrell feels guilty about the tackle when he later realizes it was Cap. Lena, another one of Zach's friends, tells Darrell that it was Hugh who apparently caused it, and Darrel remembers the day prior, where he saw Hugh and Zach talking in the cafeteria. Enraged, Darrell finds Zach, and yells at him. Zach tells him that it was all Hugh's fault, but Darrell does not believe

However, since his time at the Donneys ' and "C Average", Cap finds it hard to adjust to his now different life. When Cap tells Rain about this, she tells him that he shouldn't worry about them any more, and that his life has always been here at Garland. Back at C Average, the vice principal finds that the entire school dance funds he gave to Cap to pay for the dance have all been donated to charity. With no other choice, the vice principal has to cancel the dance, much to the dismay of the students. Back at Garland, Cap sneaks out of Garland at night to attend the Halloween Dance while Rain is out. He finds Sophie, who then kisses him because of a bracelet he gave her that she believed came from her 'flaky' dad as a birthday gift. They drive to C Average, where Sophie gives him a Mickey Mouse mask to be in costume. However, when they enter, they find that all the kids are dressed up as Cap, having candles and blasting 60s music. This was caused by a rumor started by the students that Cap died the day Darrell punched him, so Zach and Hugh started a "funeral for Cap" the day of the Halloween dance, (although they really only did it in order to make it seem as if they were friends with Cap in order to restore their popularity) and told all the kids not to tell any teachers. During a "remembrance for Cap," where all the kids say what Cap did that changed their life, Cap