... Louie is able to effectively drive the Zodiacs to success. Throughout the short story, Louie demonstrates a great deal of responsibility. For instance, he keeps his promise and gets George to pitch for the Zodiacs, " and he also told them that George Santini had agreed to pitch for us." ... (Neugeboren 40) This was a tough job because "he was the ... leader of this gang, which as far as everybody in our section of Brooklyn was concerned, was the most dangerous gang the ... Louie said, "I wouldn't waste my knuckles on you. Just get out of my house." (Neugeboren 56) Clearly in the short ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... mother and two stepsisters from New York City to the suburbs of New Jersey. Here, she sets out to become the queen of her new high school, but she didn't know that the role of the most popular girl in the school was already taken by Carla Santini. The initial conflict of this story begins when both girls ... well and they like drama. Also they have mastery over other people. Lola's character traits: • stubborn - even when her mother did not let her go to the concert, Lola decided to lie and to go; • confident - she always know what to do; • witty - she always know what to say; &bul...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the novel The Great Santini by Pat Conroy, the reader meets the main character, Bull Meecham. Bull Meechem had many outstanding traits good and awful. Bull Meechem can be mistakenly called a racist though he is truly an abusive ... at times he acts like how he believed white southerners should act by making degrading comments to African Americans. The reader also is able to see the image of an American dream when they experience Bull serving in the Marine Corps. Bull Meechem was born in Chicago he married Lillian and then moved down south. When living their ... by a fellow serviceman. Bul...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School