 The effort to understand one another was the focus of the sixth grade class as soon as Jesus Boy entered their classroom.Through Jesus Boy they realize that even the bully, Trevor, is a normal kid.After the fight Frannie realizes "Even though he was mean all the time, the sun still stopped and colored him and warmed him─like it did to everybody else" (p. 21)
Jesus Boy helped the class to stop beating up each other so much and Trevor got scared by him.