Fever Beach

The narrative begins with Figgo fleeing the scene of his hit-and-run against Noel Kristiansen. He accepts no responsibility for his actions, blaming Kristiansen himself for the incident. He tries to convince people like Viva and his mother that he was not at fault, because despite his consistently terrible actions, he wants to be seen as a moral person. This establishes a motif that runs throughout the remainder of the text.

In Chapter 8, after Galaxy crashes the Aston Martin, Clure flees the scene without a second thought for the safety of a woman he believes to be an intoxicated minor. Like Figgo, his only concern is himself. Later, he almost regrets that Galaxy has survived the accident, because “his abandoning her at the scene [propels] her on a reckless, vengeful path” (152). What concerns Clure is not the immorality of leaving Galaxy alone at the scene, potentially seriously hurt or dying—it is how people will react to learning that he was in the car with her in the first place.

In Chapter 10, Figgo rides his bike into the side of a termite truck. Even though he himself fled the scene of an accident in Chapter 1—an accident that he was at fault for—he is incensed when he learns that the blameless termite truck driver has fled the scene of this accident.