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The Ravine Character Analysis
Have you ever read the story about"The Ravine"? For homework I have to compare and contrast two characters named Vinny and Joe-boy, which are best friends. I am going to talk about their character traits. First of all, I'm going to start of with Vinny's character traits. He is a scaredycat because he was afraid to go to the ravine and to jump in the lake, but he still went. He is a follower because he went to the ravine with his friends even though he was scared. He believed in rumors because Joe-boy said in the ravine it was a boy and its a dead body of him. Vinny is a liar because he said he was going to jump in the lake and he never did. He is a gollube because he believes in anything somebody say. This was all found in the story

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