Characterization Study

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Melody

Character Type

Protagonist

Melody Brooks is a 11 year old girl with cerebral palsy. She wants to be able to speak and she wants to be normal.

Defining moments

memeber of the quiz team

she became friends with more people

she proved she was smart

sister was born

Her parents became very busy with the new baby and her

Her parents wer worried they would have another child like Melody

Indirect characterization

Effects on others

Example from text

She has a strong connectio with her dog

SHe can make people laugh

She makes people stare at her

Looks

She is very small

SHe can be messy

Actions

SHe can move herself in the electric wheelchair

SHe can move her thumbs

She flails when she wants to express emotion

Thoughts

She is nervous she will scare people away

She know she is smarter than everybody else

She wants to be treated normally

Speech

She can barely form letters.

She can speak through a computer.

She can't talk.

Direct characterization

Sometimes she drools

She spilled red soup on her shirt

She is very small for an 11 year old

She would have tornado explosions that she can't stop.

Melody is very skinny and small. She can be very messy too. She has cerebral palsy so she can't control her body very well.She also has curly hair.

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