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Sharice
a. Something that keeps the character static.
b. Pg. 16 - “Sometimes I imagine college as a big wooden door where you have to knock and say the right password to get in. Only people who know big words like metamorphosis and epiphany are allowed inside. [...] I believe they will somehow get me inside without money or luck.”
c. Rhondell keeps acting as if she should learn big and hard words to get into college someday. Her hole in the head is that all she cares about is that only big words will get her into college, and no other subjects.
a. How your character sees the world.
b. Pg. 16 - “As the bus rattles down Washington Boulevard with everybody shouting and shoving past my seat because I’m one of the last to be dropped off, I draw a little tetrahedron in the window steam with my finger, and I try to decide if being in Mr. Collins' math contest will get me a step closer to my dream or not.”
c. Rhondell only believes that big words will get her into college someday. It is as if her life is centered around getting accepted into college by using big words.
a. How it paints the picture of the character’s personality.
b. Pg. 64+65 - “‘Purple, now that’s my good luck color,’ She [Sharice] always says when we’re working together. [...] There are other colors that she won’t touch. I have to fold all the yellow and blue, for example. [...]. If you really watch him [Marcel], you’ll notice that he looks nervous deep down. His brown eyes flicker around the room when he’s talking to you, and his foot taps up and down, [...].”
c. Rhondell perceives the personalities of Sharice as being superstitious, Marcel as insecure, and uses the word metamorphosis for James, in some ways he has changed but still is mean and rude.
a. Something that annoys the character.
b. Pg. 66 - “He still holds Marcel “Barbecue Face,” and me “Ron Dull,” no matter how many times Mr. Collins warns him about not using those names.”
c. Something that annoys Rhondell is when James purposely calls her “Ron Dull” instead of her name.
a. A habit that annoys the reader.
b. Pg. 65 - “[...]. But metamorphosis is the college word I’d pick for James. For weeks, he showed up after school and wouldn’t help with any part of the project.”
c. The pain in the neck is that, in one way or another, she constantly uses big words, such as metamorphosis.
a. What drives the character.
b. Pg. 16 - “[...] I draw a little tetrahedron in the window steam with my finger, and I try to decide if being in Mr. Collins' math contest will get me a step closer to my dream or not.”
c. Getting into college is what drives her. She, in one way or another, tells us that she is only in this math club to go to college, although she comes to like the project. But, her heart remains by her desire to go to college despite her poverty.
a. What the character’s motivation is.
b. Pg. 15 - “I wonder if this is one of those words that might get me into college someday. it sounds as if it could. inside my mind, I keep a whole collection of college words for some day. words like epiphany, quiescent, metamorphosis...”
c. Her motivation is that she, someday, gets accepted into college despite her hardships.
a. Something that makes the character happy.
b. After giving the speech, a reporter asks her why she joined the math club. Her answer is that she wants to go to college someday. When the reporter asks what college, Aunt Asia screams Harvard. Then she responds “Harvard!”, and everyone laughs. + Pg. 229 (paraphrased)
c. Getting accepted into college is her funny bone. Her dreams and desires are getting accepted into Harvard University.
a. The character’s first reflex.
b. Pg. 16 - “But around here, if you talk and act like you have dreams, or as if you think you are better than everybody else, it only causes trouble. So, I keep most of my college words locked up in my head, and I try to make it through each day by saying as few words as possible. “She's quiet” is the way most people describe me, and I figure being quiet is just fine because it means you won't be bothered”
c. The character’s first reflex is to stay quiet. This is so that the character does not get bothered.
a. The character’s weakness.
b. Pg. #15 - “My mom says it's okay to have dreams about going to college, but a person must face reality, too. Reality is that nobody we know has ever gone to college”
c. Her Achilles heel is that she has insecurities about her ability to achieve her dream, because of her mom telling her that being poor won’t get her into college.