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Vinny And Joe-Boy Character Analysis
What will Vinny do, jump to possibly die, or will he be brave and stand up for himself what will he do?In the story ‘’the Ravine,’’ Vinny and Joe-Boy are 15 year old, Hawaiian boys. They are best friends. They are going to the ravine to cliff jump and swim. Two weeks and one day before there visit, A boy died jumping from a cliff.Vinny and Joe-Boy are different in many ways and are similar in some ways.
Vinny is weak by not standing up to his friends. On page 7, Vinny didn't want to go to ravine and his parents told him not to go. Then his friends would’ve laughed if Vinny said his parents said no his friends talked him into going when he wasn't supposed to.Vinny was afraid because he's scared of the dead boy. As well on page 4 he then said “it was too soon.” He his
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At page 7 He told Vinny to hurry. And he told Vinny to jump but then he used an excuse.brave because he could care less about the dead boy. Page 4 He wasn't complaining about it. Also he never mentioned the boy in a bad way. The only few things he said were when he was teasing Vinny. He said “ manly because he jumped like man style. On pages 11-12 Joe boy bloated about man style jumping. “He dived down before he hit the water he curled into a ball” “ woohoo so good.”
Vinny and Joe-Boy... were superstitious, didn't just jump, then did things with mud. Then was at peace after their stitions on the inside.15 years old boys, really they are boys. Like each each other's age sense. Hawaiian, It's a religion. They are what it says in the story with their info.Vinny and Joe-Boy are different and we'll have a lot of similarities.
Vinny is a weak person who listens to people and won't stand up for himself. Joe-Boy is a control freak and a mean person. Even though Vinny and Joe-Boy have many differences there still best friends,although Joe-Boy is controlling at the beginning of the story, Vinny finds that standing up to his friends brings him

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