Darrell Mercer is a small kid from Philadelphia who is moving to California and meets a bully named Troy Hobbs. Darrell is getting bullied a lot and gets tired of it. He also asks a girl to the dance named amber Lynn. And he also joins the wrestling team to get stronger and to get more confident. Darrell was a lonely kid from Philadelphia that is small and weak and joins the wrestling team and becomes stronger and more confident. One day when Darrell walks into the cafeteria, he sees a sign for joining the wrestling team and considers it. One example of that is “he decided to talk about wrestling to Harold this shows how Darrell wants to make a change in his appearance and his confidence. Darrell is affected by this event because he gets stronger