Steerforth is one of those effortlessly graceful people who turn everything they touch into gold. You know, every school has at least one: the popular kid who seems easily to get whatever he wants. And that's kind of the problem: Steerforth is an energetic guy with nothing to push against or to do with his talents. He's got money and a good family, so he doesn't have to struggle the way David or Tommy Traddles do.