https://padlet.com/LoughBHS/CharacterPossibilityandTunnel30 Assessing Characterization en-us 2016-02-16 22:29:47 UTC 2025-09-27 09:19:52 UTC hello@padlet.com LoughBHS https://padlet.com/LoughBHS/CharacterPossibilityandTunnel30/wish/95434563
Identify two flat characters from the story. Explain your reasoning. 

-The Harris boy and Mr. lewis, because we only know there names and what they are doing throughout the story. They are never described in great detail.

What is the purpose of these flat characters?
To play a supporting role of a protagonist and help develop the story.



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Is she the protagonist, antagonist, or minor character?
Miss Strangeworth is the protagonist.


Is she round or flat?
Miss Strangeworth is a round character because she has many different personality traits. She seems like a human figure.

Is she static or dynamic?
Miss Strangeworth is a static character because she does not change throughout the story.


Identify two indirect character traits. Provide examples (quotations) from the text to support each.
1. Bitter
2. Self obsessed




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Is he the protagonist, antagonist, or minor character?
Jerry is the protagonist of "Through the Tunnel" we know this because the story revolves around Jerry and his journey to maturity and adulthood.


Is he round or flat? Explain your answer using details from the text.
Jerry is a round character because of how the story revolves around him and as such is able to provide great incite to his character. Such as showing the large amount of determination he has this is show by his trip through the tunnel. Another trait were shown about Jerry is his greater maturity at the end of the story after he swam through the tunnel and proved to him self he could do what the larger native boys could.


Is he static or dynamic? Explain your answer.
Jerry is a dynamic character we know this because during the end of the story he's shown to be more content and calm around mother emulating the adulthood and mature he had been striving for through out the story.

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Identify two indirect character traits of Jerry. Provide examples  (quotations) from the text to support each.

Perseverance - "He would do it if it killed him."(4)
Attention seeker - ""Look at me! Look!" and he began splashing and kicking in the water like a foolish dog."(2)

Identify two indirect character traits of Jerry's mother. Provide examples (quotations) from the text to support each.

Protective - " She gave the idea her attention. It was a wild-looking place..."(1)
Patient - "He nagged and pestered until she went with him to a shop"(3)

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Is she the protagonist, antagonist, or minor character?
   She is a minor character because she is not in opposition with the main character and she lacks depth.

Is she round or flat? Explain your answer using details from the text.
   She is flat because she does not show many characteristics in the story. She is very bland.


Is she static or dynamic? Explain your answer.
   She is static because she never changes throughout the story. For example, she didn't want to be overprotective of him at the beginning of the story. It states " It was a wild looking place...but she said of course Jerry...". She didn't change at the end. It states "She looked at him closely. He was strained. His eyes were glazed-looking. She was worried. And then she said to herself, 'oh, don't fuss! Nothing can happen. He can swim like a fish".

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Identify the flat characters in the story.

- The local boys.

What are their external character traits?
Spoke a language he didn't understand, narrow, alert, dark eyes, tanned.

What are their internal character traits?
Risk takers, closed off, ignorant

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