Climax

The climax of Step Out on Nothing is when Byron decides to drop out of Ohio Wesleyan University.

“On a chilly February morning I walked over to University Hall to pick up the forms to withdraw from Ohio Wesleyan. Sitting on a bench outside, I had my book bag on one shoulder and blank forms in my free hand. Somewhere between sadness and anger, my emotions provided insulation from the winter cold. I didn’t seem to notice the temperature or that I was now crying. Not small tears mind you but nose-running, lose my breath, shoulders-shaking tears. How pathetic I must have looked (Step Out on Nothing, 114-115).”