Vinny And Joe-Boy Research Paper

Have you ever had a best friend who was mean to you and argued with you? Vinny and Joe-Boy are both characters in a story called “The Ravine”. They are best friends who live in Hawaii and go to a ravine to cliff jump and swim. There was a boy that died there. Joe-boy and Vinny are different and similar in many ways.
On page 7, Vinny said he was weak, because he can’t stand up to his friends or even say no. On page 10, Vinny said the next few steps were the hardest he’d ever taken in his life, because the ledge was no larger than his foot. After reading that Vinny was scared to jump from the 50 foot ledge, now I know Vinny was scared to go to the ravine. One example from the text is Vinny was scared to jump, because of Butchie the dead boy. The author wrote that Vinny worried about the dead boy. On page 6 and 7 Vinny said that he was scared of his mother finding out.
After reading Joe-Boy bullied everyone, now I know Joe-Boy is a bully. The author wrote that Joe-Boy showed off when he jumped.
This is how Vinny and Joe-Boy Similar. The author wrote that they lived in Hawaii. The author wrote that they both talk in dialect. One example from the text is that both are boys and both are 15 years old.
Joe-Boy and Vinny are different in many ways, yet still similar. Vinny is weak and Joe-boy is brave. Even though they are different, they both are friends. Although,Joe-Boy is controlling at the beginning, Vinny finds that standing up to his friends brings him