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The title of my book is Tunnels, and it is by Gordon Williams. What happens in Tunnels is, his dad goes missing and so his son will, he goes to find him but discovers something extraordinary. My character is Will. I picked Will because he's the main character and once you think you know his life and all of its basics, it all changes from the tunnel.

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Will has many character traits the least important trait that Will has is active I chose this trait for Will because he is not like any ordinary kid who sits around watches TV, or plays video games, instead he digs tunnels to find historical stuff. You can see this trait of will from “The next day after school Will and Chester resumed their work at the excavation”. This quote shows
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I choose skillful for will because he knows what type of rock they are digging how to dig it and if they will need any props to keep the roof from collapsing in on them. You can see this from the text “You know this infill is a lot like the last one we had, it's just not usual limestone there wasn't even limestone in the tunnel we just dug, by all means, I think this is no accident someone is trying to keep us from discovering something” This shows that will knows what type of rock he's dealing with and how to tell what type of rock it is. Another quote to go with skillful for will is “ How do you feel like digging under the sandstone?” this quote explains that will knows that it will be less time-consuming if they dig under the limestone instead of trying to dig through it. The last quote for skillful is “We won't need to use any props if we dig under the sandstone it will be strong enough to support itself” this explains that will knows that by digging under the sandstone they won't need any props to hold it up with because it will be strong enough to hold itself up. So as you can see will has more than one trait such as skillful and active although you may see these two often the most important character trait for will is

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