In this passage, Paul is characterized as upset. He is talking back to his father and being disrespectful because he is angry about how he is being treated. He is upset that his father called him his boy instead of his son. He is also upset that his father will not let him make his own decisions about riding other people's horses. Paul is starting to feel more apart from his own family than he ever has before. In the story, Paul is realizing the differences between him and his white family.
To avert is to prevent something from happening or prevent someone from doing something.
Exposition: The author believes she was a bat in her previous life.
Rising Action: She recalls visions of her past life through nightmares of being a bat but being treated poorly.
Climax: She states that bats are seen in a negative way because of how they're associated with darkness and vampires. They are treated terribly by humans to the point of being used for war.
Falling Action: The author comes to the conclusion that she may have become a human in her current life to teach people that bats aren't so bad.
Resolution: She hopes to return to being a bat in her next life.
She is hopeful and optimistic. These traits show that Anne is more mature than most people her age. Excerpts like these make reader hopeful of the future of whatever situation they're in. They give the reader the opportunity to look at things from a different perspective.
