Steve Lopez appeared slightly weird to me in the beginning because of the way he approached Nathaniel. However, Lopez is now showing how smart and positively manipulating he is. Steve Lopez has shown to have a way with words and to provide compelling arguments. Lopez has so far convinced Nathaniel to do all that he wanted to do. One can take that and say that Lopez is trying to force Nathaniel in to doing things or just doing things his way. I used the term positively manipulating because despite Lopez doing so, he is doing it for the good of the Nathaniel. Even though final decisions are up to Nathaniel, Lopez has an instrumental position in the making of his decisions; in a way it can be said that Lopez is making the final decisions.
The way in which Lopez is capturing the "weak" side of Nathaniel can be described as the basic rule of friendship. Most people side with their friends on most positions and decisions. In such cases, the most persuasive friend can always capture their friends vote. In Nathaniel's case, his friends are limited but more so inactive. This leaves Nathaniel with Lopez who is of sound mind and good intentions. Therefore, Nathaniel ends up subjected to the reasoning of Lopez and ultimately listening to him as well. It can also be attributed to Lopez's superior writing ability. Because of this ability, he can eloquently persuade Nathaniel into going with his reasoning, thus Nathaniel gaining things to benefit him. As is the case of the room and lessons, Lopez was able to convince Nathaniel into taking the room. As a result of this, Nathaniel could no longer be deemed homeless and acquired lesson to advance his gift.
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