<span>1. Who is the protagonist of your novel or short story? Describe the protagonist.
The character's name is August Pullman. He lives in Manhatton, NY. He struggles with Treacher Collins' syndrome, and has been homeschooled his whole life. Now it is time for him to start 5th grade and he has been enrolled in a public school for the first time.
2. Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
"</span>I know I'm not an ordinary 10 year old kid. [...] I know ordinary kids don’t get stared at wherever they go." "My name is August, by the way. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse" Next week I start fifth grade. Since I’ve never been to a real school before, I am pretty much totally and completely petrified."
<span>3. Who is the antagonist of your novel or short story? Describe the antagonist.
Julian. He is a passive aggressive bully, determined to make August's year horrible.
4. Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer. (Can't find this, sorry.)
5. Describe the main conflict in your novel or short story.
It revolves around August trying to get through his 5th grade year in public school.
6. Which of the four major types of conflict best describes the situation you described?
</span>Character v. Society, & Character v. Character.
August v. The School, and people's opinions of him, but also August v. Julian
Simply put, students with good study habits achieve better grades and are more successful in their classes.
An example of irony used in The Outsiders Book: "You ought to know better than to run away in just a sweatshirt, and a wet one at that. Don't you ever use your head?" he sounded so much like Darry that I stared at him.
If, however, I could have carried the place on the 22nd of last month, I could by this time have made a campaign that would have made the State of Mississippi almost safe for a solitary horseman to ride over.
Inland, river, Forest, mist, farms, and countryside.
