Arnold Strubby In When By Victoria Laurie

During the novel, When by Victoria Laurie, a character named Arnold Schroder (Stubby) who is the main characters best friend. Throughout the beginning of the book, Stubby is characterized as imaginative, awkward, and reliable. He is a supportive, caring friend with good morals. When Stubby used to go to elementary school, he is quoted doing, “wearing a red cape everyday and telling everyone he was going to grow up to be Superman. (page 14)” This quote gives a perfect example of how imaginative he can be. Later on in the story, he is quoted saying, “Maybe you saw her birthday and not her death day. (page 85)” about Payton’s death date. He tries to use his imagination to think of another way to prove that was she’s seen is wrong, when in reality,