One Fat Summer

2. One Fat Summer Integrating Quotations Assignment (“Personality Paragraph”)

3. One Fat Summer Integrating Quotations Assignment(“Personality Paragraph”) For this assignment you will write a paragraph describing a character of your choice from the following list: Bobby’s father Bobby’s mother Dr. Kahn Bobby The trick in this assignment will be including quotations from the book to support what you have said about each character.

4. One Fat Summer Integrating Quotations Assignment(“Personality Paragraph”) Your paragraph should include: At least three characteristics or personality traits (ways to describe the character, for example; uptight, suave, ugly). A quotation from the novel for each characteristic that supports that characteristic. The usual paragraph format of a broad opening sentence, a body, a concluding sentence.

5. One Fat Summer Integrating Quotations Assignment(“Personality Paragraph”) Follow the examples below for proper format and punctuation. Pay attention to the information that is included and where the punctuation goes.

6. Example #1 One of the most interesting characters in William Bell’s novel, Crabbe is Mary. Mary is Crabbe’s rescuer and teacher who ultimately makes Crabbe realize he is the only one who can really take control of his own life. Though she is at times a bit mysteriousas revealed in her statement, “Crabbe, I can’t tell you much. It’s not a matter, it’s just better if you know nothing about me,” (p. 80)She can also be very compassionate. Her concern for Crabbe’s possible alcoholism is revealed when she asks, “Do you find it hard, Crabbe, living without the liquor?” (p. 80)and proves that she is not the anti-social hermit she seems to be at first. Despite her apparent invulnerability, she is terribly troubled and possibly suicidal. Bell hints to the reader that Mary’s death may not have been accidental when in Crabbe’s words he writes, “I suppose all along I knew what happened,” (p. 119).If anything can be said for certain about Mary, it’s that she is an interesting, complicated character that provides the heart and soul of an excellent novel.

7. Example #2 In the story Baseball Camp by David Klass, we meet a coach named Paul Creese. Over the course of the story, we see that Creese is meanand rude, but nonetheless devotedto his players and to the game of baseball. When Creese first meets the boys at the camp, he comments on Eric’s long hair. “Don’t they have barbers in Cincinnati?” (p. 129)he asks, showing his tendency to treat his players rudely. As the first week of camp progresses, Creese’s behavior worsens. The narrator tells us that the coach “threw a bat at one guy” (p. 130)because he thought he was not working hard enough. It becomes obvious that Creese becomes meanand even violentwhen he is angry. Nonetheless, the reader must realize that, as a coach, Creese is devoted to both his players and the game of baseball itself. When he tells the boys “…you just gotta believe in yourself” (p. 130),he reveals his passion for the game and his desire to help the boys improve. Despite being rudeand mean, Creese is devotedto his players and to the game of baseball.