Rita Williams Garcia's Partly For: A Character Analysis

Essay: Appearance plays a huge part in how people view you, they could assume something about you based on how you dress, how you act, etc. The way you look has an impact on your life experiences and opportunities. There is a concept that assistant professor of sociology, Kjerstin Gruys, calls the halo affect. This so called halo affect gives beautiful people perks in society. Such as people thinking they are richer, people looking at them, people being nicer etc.(Gruys,2019). Appearance, something we all care about, is a way to express yourself but if you look different from other people, such as wearing different clothes,having a different culture, simply just wearing something not on trend. This is shown in “Minnows and Zombies” and “Partly
They are not actual zombies, they are homeless people who have a dirty, old and gross appearance. As a child, he is scared of them because they look frightening and mean, however, that’s just how he is assuming they actually are based on how they look. The little boy has a best friend named Sumaya. Sumaya has a brother who becomes a zombie and Sumaya is very frightened of him. The protagonist holds her tight when they walk past the zombies so she doesn’t get scared and thinks about her brother. She doesn’t like it when she thinks about him. Eventually, as they walk through the zombies, they see that they aren't so bad and Sumaya says, “I miss Imiri, I hope he comes home.” This shows a change in perspective about the
However, he’s not like the other clouds, he is a storm cloud, so he makes dangerous things like sharks, electric eels, porcupines, etc. The storks are what bring the children and animals down to earth, but it’s hard to bring an eel to earth without getting electrocuted, so the bird has to deal with all these dangerous things and he is not happy. Eventually, the stork moves to a different cloud because the things that the storm cloud is making are too hard for him to handle. When the bird appears cheerful, the storm cloud becomes furious, causing lightning and thunder. However, when he loses his friend, he becomes saddened. This cloud is very upset and alone, but he hears something land behind him. The bird went to the other cloud to get protective gear so he could stay out of the storm cloud! The cloud was so happy that the bird didn’t leave him. This is a change in perspective from the stork of the storm