Character Questionnaires

1. Who is/are the main character(s) in the story? What does the main character look like?

Braille, He's a african-american who is a prisoner. He's short-sighted, and weak.

2. Describe the main character's situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/ she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?

He's in a prison, for an unknown reason, but he lived with others in a group called "span 1".

3. What are some of the chief characteristics (personality traits) of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other characters? Note that degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main character's attitude towrds his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad, content or discontented? Why?

Even though he's weak, but he's a very responsible man. It's shown when he made all his friends in span one have to skipped dinner, he decided to sneak in and steal some foods. He's just a simple man, and simple minded, but most of the time he has a power to easily influence others. He's pretty happy even though he lived in the prison.

4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?

He needs to make his mind whether to tell the truth about robbery of the warden, or keep it secret and make profit out of it. He literally found the conflict, while he's trying to sneak in and steal some food. The conflict resolved by Braille made an agreement with the warden to keep the span 1 safe and they will help him too, so they both can get profit out of this agreement.

5. Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible change for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the chage give sufficient time?

Warden Hannetjie developed during the story. His change has a big impact on the story. It's not a plausible change because he has become scared of prisoner. He's not motivated at all, but instead he's forced to do.