REBEL – Novel Discussion Round 1 – Chapters 1-8
What is the purpose of Minor Characters ?
All minor characters in a work of fiction are written into the story in order to illustrate some aspect of the main character. Some charcters help us to see internal traits. In the book Rebel, Amanda Jane Keeling, AKA Rebel is the main character.
Many times students just take their notes and write them into sentences to describe the minor characters – DO NOT DO THAT.
The assignment is for you to share how each of these characters affect who Rebel is, not to tell about the minor characters.
Remember, the purpose of all minor characters IN ANY STORY is to shed light on the major/main one.
Take notes about each character as you read the story. Please make sure the notes are only to help the you remember who the characters are and how they effect Rebel. You are not to use them to share the affects or at least not directly.
Does the character: (a) make her think?; (b) make her do something she wouldn’t normally do?; (c) make her angry?; (d) create problems?; (e) scare her or make her uncomfortable?; (f) encourage him?; (g) anything I haven’t listed here, etc.?
1. Gram
2. Viola
3. Moses
4. Pookie
5. Tiger
6. Mr. & Mrs. Dolzycki
On a separate sheet of paper, explain how the minor characters affect Rebel’s thoughts and actions. Then post your answers to the Blog.
You must address each of the characters listed. Please post separately for each character listed.
Pookie
I believe that pookie shows a responsible side of Rebel that I was amazed she had. Because before Pookie came into the picture I thought she was lazy and rude. But after she vonteered to walk pookie and pick up after him it showed Rebel in a different aspect. Rather than just a rebillious teen I saw her as a responsible, hardworking young lady. Something I would not have seen without Pookie.
Mr. and Mrs. Dolzycki are very friendly. They thanked Moses and Rebel for helping after the crook stole they started to give rebel a treat. Rebel must have trusted thembecause she asked if they had love at first sight.They also told rebel about love at first sight in chapter 5 giving her an idea of how she wanted her first love at first sight experience to be. she said that Mr. andMrs. dolzycki fell in love seeing eachother across the dance floor
Tiger is loyal. Rebel always thought along with Moses that Tiger was a calm quiet dog. To her surprise at the end Tiger became very loyal towards his owner and aggressive toward the counterfiters. Tiger bit them. Rebel found out that Tiger can get aggressive towards people who have harmed him or his friends. He helps Rebel alot with her mystery.
4.Pookie is Rebels responsibility. He is very loud and barks alot. She takes care of him since gram won’t. She loves hime very much. Throughout the story he just barks VERY MUCH!
3.Moses makes Rebel think about her future and what she would want in a future husband. He makes Rebel feel she can find a guy who is taller than her. They both feel different in their family. They also don’t meet their families expectations. Rebel doesn’t play music and Moses’s dad doesn’t like his career choice ( a movie director). Moses makes Rebel feel comfortable around people and she is not as rebelous around him. She expresses her thoughts and ideas. An example is when they are catching the conterfiter she shares her ideas. They are very alike.
2. Viola is kind of like gram. She had brought Moses there, one of the most important characters. She, along with gram told Rbel to help around the house. She talks about Rebel and moses with Gram also.
1.Gram takes rebel’s side on most things that her mother wouldn’t normally let her do. She lets rebel eat more unhealthy foods. She also respects rebels decision on not wanting to go to the music performance her brothers where going to. She is kind of lazy because she bought pookie but makes rebel take care of him. I think that gives her a little dicipline though.
Pookie:
honestly i dont really think pookie played a very character effecting role. besides the fact that gram is completely in love with that dog i dont really see the connection between him and Rebel. is it hes the cause of how moses and her first met???
Mr. & Mrs. Dolzycki:
Mr. & Mrs. Dolzycki present how rebel wants to find a soul mate, even if she is really tall. Mrs.Dolzycki tells rebel of how her and her husband came to fall on love.Which got rebel thinking of how and with whom she would want to fall in love. It creates happiness within her to see two people together so long.
Viola:
Viola supports on why Moses is there at the old house with Gram. She also builds background on Rebels family by showing who Gram’s friends are. Viola istn really involved with Rebel besides the fact that moses is her grandson and that she half owns the old house her and gram bought.
Tiger:
Tiger is sort of timid, but is very kind. Even though he never barks or bites, he will stick up for those he loves and follow his instincts. I read that when the three guys broke into their house Tiger got agressive, which is an example of what i just stated. Tiger helps with thw whole plot of the story, without Tiger the theif would have gotten away with Moses’s camera. In summation, Tiger may be timid but will show courage in time of need.
Gram: Unlike Rebel’s parents, Gram lets her do things she wouldn’t normally be allowed to do like eat donuts and lets her do other such things.
pookie and tiger:they both make rebel feel angry sometimes. Like when they kept crossing leashes or when rebel has to clean up their messes.
Moses:Moses makes rebel happy and makes her feel good about her self. Since he is nice and tall.
Mr. and Mrs. Dolzycki… Mr. & Mrs. Dolzycki made Rebel think. They made her think bacause if she was never to meet them, her and Moses never would have gotten caught up in the would robbery.
Tiger… Tiger makes Rebel mad because he was hard to control when she was walking him.
Pookie… Pookie makes Rebel mad and confused. He makes her mad because she had to keep cleaning up after him, he kept getting the leashes tangles up, and he kept barking all night. He makes her feel confused because when they were on the way back home from the deli when it was dark out, he kept on trying to go after something in the dark and she couldn’t figure out why he kept barking all night long.
Moses… Moses makes Rebel feel mad at times, but I think Rebel had felings for Moses. Moses makes Rebel mad because when they were walking the dogs, Moses was taking pictures the whole time instead of helping her control Tiger. I think she had feeling for him because she said that he was good looking, she was looking at the qualities he has to make a good husband, and he was taller than her.
Gram… Gram makes Rebel feel happy and mad. She makes Rebel feel happy because she allows Rebel to do stuff that her parents don’t let her do and she covers for her when she gets in trouble. She makes her feel mad because she got a dog and ahe makes Rebel take it for walks, feed it, and clean up after its’ “puddles” if you know what I mean.
Moses:
Mr.moshe im turning this in late because you never mentioned this blog to our class. Anyways here it is:
Moses:
Moses makes Rebel feel good about herself beacause Moses is taller than her. Moses has a good impact on her life beacause she does not make her feel like a pariah. which rebel is quite used to being.
Mom and Dad:
They both support Rebel despite their better judgement for their daughter. they do oscaionally throw in their opinion but Rebel acts like it has no effect on her life regaurdless of what her parents think.
Gram:
She makes Rebel feel wanted and at home with her she lets her eat what she wants and do what she wnats, but still cares for her in that gramother sort of way.
Pookie and Tiger:
The auther describes the way she takes care of the dogs showing Rebel is not all Rebllion but also responsible and caring.
out of all seven character i think moses has the biggest affect on rebel.
moses:
He enables rebel to feel more comfortable about her own height,she doesn’t have to tower over him as she dose with her friends.
he made her awstruk by his complements & more catious and unconfedent about her apperance.
they shared simililar problems of not living up there parents expectations amoungs other things.
He often made rebel think about marriage & what she wanted in her future husband,such as smarter than or as smart as her.
He often enoyed rebel making her bite her tounge allolt or think of things she would to say.
he also enoyed her by making her wallk the two dogs and taking so long to haul tiger of her leg.there were other small things like always giving the definiton of his words ,and making her think ,by not explanning every thing to the full and asking questions.
all in all they worked side by side to solve the crime, and he stopped her and allowed heer to keep the case as there own.
Gram lets Rebel get away with things that her mother wouldn’t. For example, eat junk food. Rebel likes Gram. When she is with Gram she can do many more things. Almost be a different person.
Rebel I think could care less about Viola. But she likes Viola because of her grandson, Moses.
Rebel likes Moses. Moses makes her think about the future a lot. She thinks about if he has the good qualities of a husband.Moses makes her uncomfortable a little bit becauseshe feels that she has to impress him.
Rebel thinks Pookie is okay. Pookie is a good dog. Pookie made everyone relize that Tiger had run away.
Rebel doesn’t have the greatest feelings toward Tiger. Because of Tiger she had to go out and look for him. It took a while too. Also because of him though they relized they had been robbed.
Rebel likes Mr. and Mrs.Dolzycki because they give her food. If I was her I would be happy if someone gave me food. Also they tell her about when they first met. That makes Rebel think more. They make her think.
Gram reflects on Rebel by knowing where she is coming from and understanding her. The personalities of Rebel and Gram are almost exact matches. They both are a little out of the ordinary, and odd in a way. I believe that Gram was put in the story to emphasize Rebel’s personality and show where she got her attitude from.
MR.& MRS. DOLZYCKI
Mr. & Mrs. Dolzycki don’t have a big affect on Rebel they are just really nice to Rebel because they gave her meat pie and pastries to Rebel and Moses. She doesn’t usually eat these kind of food because her mother is a health nut.
Viola gets Rebel mad because she is always creating problems for her. For example she has too take care of Tiger and Pookie.
POOKIE makes Rebel angry. For example, Pookie crossed leashes with Tiger, which made Rebel angry. Also, she had to pick up his messes.
TIGER makes Rebel angry and creates problems. For example, Tiger and Pookie kept crossing leashes when they were being walked which made Rebel angry. Also, Tiger got lost when he went to chase the stranger and they had to go looking for him, which created problems.
Mr. & Mrs. Dolzycki makes Rebel think. For example, when Mrs. Dolzycki talked about picking her roommate 52 years ago(Mr. Dolzycki), That made Rebel think about how her mom and her grandma chose/met their husband.
I think Gram makes Rebel very happy at times. Since as youngling Gram was also known as a rebel. Rebel then takes after her Grandma. Gram doesnt care much and lets Rebel do much stuff then her mom ever lets her do since Gram was just like her.