Protagonist Analysis by Brittany Collins https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8 Write the title of your book as the title of your post. Then write about one trait that your protagonist shows and give textual evidence that supports that trait. Make sure you cite page numbers, and also put your name at the end of your response so you'll get credit. en-us 2016-09-30 14:30:40 UTC 2016-10-04 00:12:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png The Walled City collinsb2 https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127539774 The protagonist of The Walled City, Jin Ling, is very cautious and not trusting of others. This becomes clear when a boy tries to befriend her, and she thinks to herself, "Everything about this screams against against the second rule. Trust no one" (27).
- B. Collins]]> 2016-09-30 14:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127539774 Murder on the Orient Express https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127609169 One trait that protagonist Hercule Poirot shows, is cleverness. This is exemplified when Poirot is interviewing suspects for a murder, and finds out a key clue to the murder. That is, that one of the suspects left a bolted door unlocked on the train, when getting off at a train station. The quote is, "By which door did you leave the train? By the one nearest to our compartment. The one next to the dining-car? Yes. Do you remember if it was bolted? Why yes, I seem to remember it was" (88).
By: Julian Lu]]> 2016-09-30 17:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127609169 THE BLIND SIDE https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127614118 The protagonist of The Blind Side is a very quiet guy that doesn't like to talk. There aren't many quotes  from him in the book at all actually.  However he did leave home for attending Ole Miss. "I have decided with my family to attend Ole Miss Rebels!! REBEL UP!!" (192)
-Amal Ronak]]> 2016-09-30 18:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127614118 Watership Down https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127614529 One protagonist from the start of the story is Fiver. A prominent characteristic about Fiver is that he is very quirky. Often times, he constantly freaks out over what appears to be nothing important, even getting a small group of rabbits to leave their "warren" because he felt something was coming for them. At one point he told Hazel, "'There isn't any danger here, at this moment. But it's coming - it's coming. Oh, Hazel, look! The field! It's covered with blood!'" Hazel then responded with, "'Don't be silly, it's only the light of the sunset. Fiver, come on, don't talk like this, you're frightening me!'" (15) -Deacon Mayock]]> 2016-09-30 18:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127614529 A Darker Shade of Magic https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127614946 Kell is a mess of contradictions, and if I were to describe him in a word, I'd call him very lost. His name comes from a set of initials, K.L. on a knife from a time he doesn't remember, and his Antari  magic only belongs to two in all three worlds. He's emotional and unforgiving, but loving, and reckless over all.  
Working for the royals of Red London, he's to carry messages between the rulers of the other worlds, but he uses his advantage to illegally smuggle trinkets from each world. "the drawers in the dresser were filled with boxes and in those boxes were treasures from every London," (55).Not only that, he saved his adopted brother Rhy from a group of traitors even when his blood magic has not been mastered, and ends up slitting his wrists over and over to heal his brother. Continuing, the basis of his new adventure, his recklessness has him returning to Black London, a world sealed because of the corrupted magic, to protect his Red London. ]]> 2016-09-30 18:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127614946 Papertowns https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615030 The protagonist Quentin (Q), Q is a very "good" person who will do anything in his power to not get in trouble, get into Duke. "'So l [Margo] said, I need a car. Also, I need you to drive it, because I have to do eleven things tonight, and at least five of them involve a getaway man... 'Any Felonies?' I [Q asked].
-John Yi]]> 2016-09-30 18:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615030 Do No Harm https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615129 The protagonist of Do No Harm is Dr. Henry Marsh. Dr. Marsh is a fairly nostalgic person, especially for a time when he had more authority. This is shown repetitively for example when he thinks "In the past, this would never have happened-an extra bed would always have been found, nor would anybody have questioned my instructions. " (135-136)
~Alex Cheetham]]> 2016-09-30 18:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615129 The 5th Wave https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615140 The protagonist, Cassie, has taken karate lessons in the past, which she uses to rescue her brother. She is also a very quick thinker and a good planner, as shown in the scene where she decides to rescue her brother (starting on page 376)
-The Other Cameron]]> 2016-09-30 18:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615140 It's Kind of a Funny Story https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615158 An important trait of the protagonist Craig is depression. Craig suffers from clinical depression and is suicidal. He checks himself into a hospital and is placed in the adult psychiatric care center. " I can't function here anymore. I mean in life: I can't function in this life," (258). 
-Jaden Condiles]]> 2016-09-30 18:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615158 'Salem's Lot https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615168 The protagonist in 'Salem's Lot is Ben Mears. Resilient because in the book Ben's mother and Ben's wife all die and Ben still is determined to do what he loves, writing. "The book was Air Dance, his second novel. She showed him the photograph of himself on the back jacket,"]]> 2016-09-30 18:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615168 Cinder  https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615226 The protagonist of Cinder is a cyborg named Cinder who lives in New Beijing. One trait tat she exhibits is insecurity because of her metal parts. Cyborgs are looked down upon i society and so Cinder desperately tries to hide the fact that she is one. "The fewer people that knew she was cyborg, the better." (page 10) 
Chaitra Moolaveesala]]> 2016-09-30 18:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615226 Rock and Roll is Here to Stay https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615249 I chose a piece about the death of Buddy Holly, Johnny Ace, Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens.
The article talks about rock and roll's first tragedy. Don McLean refers to the deaths of these prominent rock stars as the day that music died. For people who love rock and who don't, the day was monumental whatsoever. This created a bumo in the history of rock , jazz and blues as nothing had ever happened to the fans of the special genre. It was a sad week following. 
Liz Holton]]> 2016-09-30 18:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615249 The Dinner https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615270 The protagonist is Paul Lohman, and one trait he displays is the tendency to get violent when he is angry. This can be seen with the quote :I smacked the wooden spoon down on the counter. I was fighting against more tears, but it wasn't really working...there was an audible hiss when I grabbed the glowing handles of the pan and the skin on my fingers began to burn...Babette screamed." (214)

Kavish Senthilkumar]]> 2016-09-30 18:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615270 Girl Underwater https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615273 2016-09-30 18:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615273 The Boys in the Boat https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615294 The protagonist, Joe Rantz, is very modest. He works for everything he has and has made quite a life for himself. He has a place to live and money that he has earned for doing odd jobs and an education. When first approached by the crew coach from university of Washington Joe thought, "Rowing can't be any harder than cutting down cottonwoods" (58). He had worked so hard his entire life that even the toughest of conditions wasn't going ti make him quit.
-Maggie Gosnear]]> 2016-09-30 18:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615294 Everything Everything https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615310 The protagonist of the book Every thing Everything is very antisocial, she doesn't really know how to socialize with others. Madeline has never been out of her house because she has a sickness that makes her allergic to everything. The only people Madeline interacts with is her mom, nurse, and teacher. "I don't leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years."
Briston Bayle]]> 2016-09-30 18:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615310 The Fate of Ten https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615344 The main protagonist in The Fate of Ten, is a boy by the name of John Smith. John is very selfless. He constantly puts himself in danger for others all the time. One example of this is when he wants to continue fighting even when he's on the verge of blacking out. "He passed out. He just needs to rest for a minute. I'm Fine, I mumble, but I don't think they hear me." (12)
- Edward Culbert]]> 2016-09-30 18:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615344 Girl Underwater https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615848 The protagonist of Girl Underwater, Avery Delacorte, is scared about dying in the plane. She constantly need reassuring from Colin that they  would not crash and would make it out alive. "'I don't want to die.' I say it more to myself than him, but he must hear me because he squeezes my hand even harder. 'You won't.'" (10)
- Rachel He]]> 2016-09-30 18:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127615848 My Book Doesn't Have a Protagonist but it's Called Outliers https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127616117 It doesn't have a protagonist so I'm going to write about the focus of the book: Success. One of the keys of success is opportunity. This is more important than actual talent. For example, if a hockey league's age cutoff is January 1, then those born closest to the cutoff will be better than the younger kids based solely on maturity. The older kids will get put on better tams, practice more, and ultimately become better than their younger counterparts even after they all have stopped growing because they have more experience and practice.
-Bobby Wynn

]]> 2016-09-30 18:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127616117 Booked https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127616185 The protagonist in "Booked", Nick Hall is a very lazy but very talented. His laziness takes advantage of his school work but not his work out of school, soccer. " Nick! ]]> 2016-09-30 18:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127616185 A River Runs Through It https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127616273 the story is an auto biography of Norman Maclean. he is a hardworking guy and lived a very interesting life. he grew up a pastors son and then became a fire fighter and a lumberjack in Montana later in his life he became a body guard to a card shark. "as my brain cleared. i began to feel like the redhead, and was surprised and disappointed that the fight was over."(203). he grew up to be very strong both mentally and physically and this helped him. stephen burkardt

]]> 2016-09-30 18:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127616273 The Name of This Book Is Secret https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127616446 The main protagonist in this book is named Cass, short for Cassandra. Cass is a survivalist, meaning she is a very practical and prepared person, "Her mission: to make sure that she and her friends and family survive all the disasters that befall them" (12).
-Louise Brunel]]> 2016-09-30 18:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127616446 Code of Honor https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127616494 The protagonist is Kamran Smith. One trait is that he is very athletic, he was even featured on SportsCenter. "It was weird as if Emily Reed, my favorite correspondent on ESPN... had been talking about my performance in the homecoming game on SportsCenter." (19).
- Will K]]> 2016-09-30 18:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127616494 The Name of This Book is Secret Mighty_Ninja_11 https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127651074 The narrator refers to the heroine and main protagonist of this book as Cassandra, or Cass for short.  The reason behind this is that the narrator is not supposed to be telling the reader the story in the first place.  “But remember these aren’t their real names and faces…If you don’t like the name I choose, change it.”  (6).  Cassandra, unlike the cursed prophet princess Cassandra from Greek mythology, is not actually a prophet, but resembles one due to always predicting disasters (hence the narrator’s use of the name Cassandra); the contents of this eleven-year old’s backpack, from trail mix to a plastic knife (because a jackknife is definitely not allowed in school), show that she is prepared for a sudden disaster to befall.  This is why she refers to herself as a survivalist.  Despite her constant readiness, none of her predicted disasters ever came true.  “There’d been no earthquakes at school – none strong enough to shatter a window, anyway.  The mildew in her mother’s shower turned out to be just that – not the killer mold Cass predicted.  And that child spinning around on the grass did not have mad cow disease – he was just having a good time.”  (lucky number 13) Cassandra is constantly reminded of the boy who cried wolf, “but Cass knew the true moral of the story: that boy was right, there really were wolves around, and they’d get you in the end if you didn’t watch out.  Better to cry wolf over and over again than to never cry wolf at all.”  (14)

The second protagonist is referred to as Max-Ernest.  He was born with two names because is parents were unable to agree on a single name.  “Finally, a nurse threatened to put their child up for adoption if they didn’t reach a decision…the argument left them so bitter and angry that they got a divorce as soon as they left the hospital with their baby.”  (30) This talkative eleven-year old boy really likes jokes and riddles.  “[Max] had read the joke – really a riddle, if you want to get technical – in one of his seventeen joke books, and now he was trying it on each of his twenty-six classmates in turn.  None of his classmates laughed.  Or even smiled.”  (26)  He is fond of paradoxes, riddles, puzzles, and word games; he liked math, history, science, and any other school subject that you can think of.  It is also mentioned that Max-Ernest has some sort of mental illness.  “The first expert said he had attention deficit disorder.  The second expert said the first was out of order.  One expert said that he was autistic, another said that he was artistic.  One said he had Tourette’s syndrome.  One said he had Asperger’s syndrome.  And one said the problem was that his parents had Munchausen syndrome.  Still another said all he needed was a good old-fashioned spanking.”  (28)  My first impression was Asperger’s syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism, because I immediately recognized multiple common symptoms.  “Little understanding of the abstract uses of language, such as humor… Obsessive interest in specific items or information (this may have died down during the course of the novel) …want to be involved with others.  They simply don't know how to go about it… they may be teased and often feel like social outcasts… Forming new friendships may become increasingly difficult.” (webmd.com) I am not saying that he definitely has Asperger’s syndrome, but I noticed that the author formed Max-Ernest’s character around key symptoms of Asperger’s; he even hinted at the bad-parenting-causes-autism myth.  “For [Max-Ernest’s mother], apparently, Max-Ernest’s father did not exist.  And vice versa…Max-Ernest explained that although his parents were divorced…they lived together – but they kept every aspect of their lives separate, including the décor of their home.”  (55-56)

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        -Emma Davis
]]> 2016-09-30 21:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/127651074 It's Kind Of a Funny Stroy https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/128017369 Craig Gilner, the protagonist of this book, is a 15 year old boy with some problems he tends to internalize. Craig suffers from depression and at such a young age doesn't know how to deal with it at first. After almost killing himself, he calls the suicide hotline and admits himself to the adult psych ward of a nearby hospital. Craig's most dominant trait is his creativity. He draws brain maps because they are 'simple'."I do them and they're done. It's almost like, you know, peeing?" (390) He eventually uses his artistic gift to make others happy inside and outside the hospital. 
-Rose Chusid]]> 2016-10-03 21:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/collinsb2/protagonists8/wish/128017369