Victor
Direct Characterization
His full name is victor rodriguez(page 4)
Victor spoke spanish and english (page.6)
Math was his weakest subject (page.9)
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Indirect characterization
He likes terresa a girl in his class (page 1)
victors friend is Micheal Torres(page 1)
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"He thought some day he might travel to France"(page 1)
"They shook hands, raza-style, and jerked their heads at one another in a saludo de vato"(page 1)
This indicates that Victor is of a Spanish background.
"They talked about recent movies Baseball, their parent and the horror of picking grapes"
"Teresa is going to be my girl this year, he promised himself as he left the gym full of students in their new fall clothes"(page 1) : : :
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This tells us that Victor is committed to making Teresa his girlfriend.
'She was cute. And good at math, too, Victor thought as he walked down the hall to his homeroom.(page 1)
This tells us some of the reasons why Victor likes Teresa.
"Victor didn't say anything, though he thought his friend looked pretty strange"(page 2)
This tells us that he is nice because he didn't want to say anything to his friend even though he looked strange.
"I'm not either but i'm better at it than math that's for sure"(page 2)
This tells us that Victor isn't very good at math.
"The two friends socked each other in the arm and went their ways"(page 2)
This shows that Victor and Michael are physical to each other.
"On the way to his homeroom, Victor tried a scowl. (page 2)
Victor is influenced easily.
"He wanted to leave when she did so he could bump into her and say something clever"(page 3)
This tells us that Victor has built up the courage to start to attempt to socialize with her. Making him committed to making her his girl.
"He smiled back and said, "yeah, that's me."(page 3)
This tells us that Victor is not a quick thinker as he could not come up with something to say in the time given.
"Yes now somebody give me an example of a person-you, Victor Rodriguez." "Teresa," Victor said automatically.(page 4)
This tells us Victor's last name and that he thinks about Teresa a lot.
This tells us that Victor likes to travel, because one of the reasons why he chose to learn French were to travel to France.
Victor likes watching movies and baseball And hates picking grapes.