Entering Glass Character Analysis
In Gail Giles’ “Shattering Glass,” a group of boys work together to make a fat, but smart, Simon Glass liked all around campus. Rob (control freak), Young, (intellectual), Coop (athletic jock), and Bob (smack talker) do all sorts of things to help Glass get nominated and ultimately win the title of senior class favorite. These kids go through different struggles to get Simon where he is at right now. Most of the boys are malignant; they cause harm and distress to the people around them, and even though the boys did not expect for things to end the way they did, Simon dies. In the novel, it reinforces the guy stereotype of guys using girls just for no reason. The group was arranged by wealthiest kids (wealthiest, the top of group, & the main
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They were all ranked by how wealthy they all were. Wealth matters because The head and main characters were the wealthiest ones (Rob,Bob & Young). The not as wealthy guy (Coop) was not one of the main characters. There was also a change of attitude between those characters because Rob was stuck-up and a jerk along with Bob & Young. Coop was kind hearted. Attitude varies between different social classes because if you are wealthy then you are more conceited and self-centered. If you are not as wealthy then you are more down to earth and giving. It was unfortunate when Coop tried to stop Rob and Bob, because “he ends up getting a blow to the knee, ending his whole football career”(Chambers Contemporary Literature). An example of this is also shown in T.V., like soap operas. In soap operas, there is always maids getting treated like they were animals. They were never treated with respect or the way they were supposed to. The “bosses” were repugnant to their servants. The servants had to take all that in and not say anything because they could get fired. This shows how wealthy people can get around acting top notch and bring the non-wealthy people down because they can’t afford what they can. The wealthy people almost always picture themselves at top of that chain, that’s why they act the way they
They were all ranked by how wealthy they all were. Wealth matters because The head and main characters were the wealthiest ones (Rob,Bob & Young). The not as wealthy guy (Coop) was not one of the main characters. There was also a change of attitude between those characters because Rob was stuck-up and a jerk along with Bob & Young. Coop was kind hearted. Attitude varies between different social classes because if you are wealthy then you are more conceited and self-centered. If you are not as wealthy then you are more down to earth and giving. It was unfortunate when Coop tried to stop Rob and Bob, because “he ends up getting a blow to the knee, ending his whole football career”(Chambers Contemporary Literature). An example of this is also shown in T.V., like soap operas. In soap operas, there is always maids getting treated like they were animals. They were never treated with respect or the way they were supposed to. The “bosses” were repugnant to their servants. The servants had to take all that in and not say anything because they could get fired. This shows how wealthy people can get around acting top notch and bring the non-wealthy people down because they can’t afford what they can. The wealthy people almost always picture themselves at top of that chain, that’s why they act the way they