An Analysis Of Stacey's Cheat Sheet

J.T. – is a male African – American sixteen-year-old who always gets in trouble. He is a good-looking guy and is great at playing basketball. J.T. tries his best to take care of his mother without causing more trouble for others. He has had a bad history; however, he seems to have learned from his mistakes and is now working for a better future. In the story, he felt very sad for having to fight Peaches and promises to repay her for her help with his mother.

John is unique because of his four different character traits. First, John demonstrates the personality trait of being a troublemaker. John gets in trouble because of his silly pranks. John describes “They called me that because I used to set off bombs in the bathroom”(1). In other words this shows that John is a troublemaker by setting

During the climax of the book, the beating of the Averys, Stacey stayed behind to watch the violent scene while the Logan kids went safely back home to their parents. According to the text, “Stacey whispered “ you take Little Man and Christopher John and y’all-” (Taylor,253). Even though Stacey got cut off he was going to tell the kids to go home, and that he would stay there and keep watch of what was going on between the white and the blacks, which was extremely courageous. The text also says, “Papa spun around suddenly. “Gotta get him out of there,” he said, moving quicker than I had thought possible with his bad leg.” (Taylor,259). This shows how worried Stacey’s parents were about him being close to all the fighting, which shows how courageous he was to be there. Stacey’s bravery further proves that being courageous, means you have to stand up for your convictions and

Character traits: If Donovan Curtis has one gift, it is his gift for troublemaking. With his recklessness, danger follows him wherever he goes. After a deadly prank with its costly and dangerous result, he thinks he has gone too far. Getting in trouble for it, an error by his school’s administrator sends him to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted kids.

He will stand with his friends until the end. Stacey was willing to protect his friends even if it got him into trouble. Stacey Logan was willing to get in trouble so he could protect his friends. When he snuck out of the house in the middle of the night, he went through the woods to T.J.´s house to take him home. When he entered the woods too go back home, the night men came to T.J.´s house and dragged everyone out.

Brian Walls- he is the third child. He is the only boy in his family. He felt that he needed to take care of his sisters at a younger age and he loses faith on his father when he was really young. He decides to be a cop when he grew up.

Stacey, and all of the Logan kids woke up when T.J. came banging at their door. They bring him inside to see what was wrong and why he was here. When they bring him inside he tells the story of why he was hurt. T.J. wanted a pearl handled pistol real bad! R.W. and Melvin decided to rob the mercantile. R.W. and Melvin killed Mr. Barnett and knocked out Mrs.Barnett. When T.J. said he would tell everything that’s when R.W. and Melvin started to beat him. Seeing that T.J. was hurt very bad Stacey said “Let me go get big Ma, she’ll know what to do.” T.J. denied this request because he was scared and just wanted to go home. This shows how good of a friend Stacey is to T.J. although T.J. denied Stacey was willing to help him out. So Stacey helped T.J, back to his house but when he got there the “night riders” came and cleared out T.J.’s house. Stacey went back home and asked his dad this specific question “Papa could he, ……… could he die?” This shows how afraid Stacey was for T.J. Stacey was a very good friend to T.J. despite what T.J. had done to

He was always playing sports with his brother, and with his dad. At his elementary school he was always being a leader. Especially at indoor recess.

Traits: 1) He was shy and was not comfortable around people he didn’t know. 2) He was intelligent

The procrastinator, aggressor, and a chronic complainer are all example of difficult people and Jason is this person. Jason is a great person to hang around with, but he has some flaws. Jason likes to wait until the last minute to do his work. He also thinks that he is right about everything and nobody can tell him otherwise. Finally, Jason complains about every little thing such as his classes and relationship problems, little things that can easily be avoided. Despite all his flaws Jason is a great person to be around.

In my opinion, Stacey killed her father because of what went on the past, what was currently going on and what could potentially happen in the future. All of her life, Stacey kept quiet about her fathers abuse. I feel like holding that in could build up some serious hatred in the future. With that being said and adding on to this hatred, Stacy’s sister

He also tried out for the cross-country team even though he though he thought he would not be good, but he ended up being the teams best runner. He said, “Could it be because I was running away from two rats that were trying to eat me.” (Page 184). He also went to the train station to pick up his sister this shows that he is willing to do things for others even though they were mean to him.

She was a rude, violent, pop drinker with tall hands and hairy arms. Her friends saw her as a cuddly, cool carer. Once, she had even helped mysterious young kids cross the road. That's the sort of woman he was.

In the novel, she shows Stacey is trustworthy when . Additionally, after Stacey realizes T.J. is legitimately hurt and needs to be taken home, he explains, “He’s hurt real bad Cassie, I gotta get him home” (249). Stacey insisting he needs to take T.J. home shows he is trustworthy, because when his friend was in a terrible situation, he did not hesitate to assist him, which shows he is a dependable aid. However, the author also shows how T.J. is not trustworthy. In the text, after the Logan children discover T.J. blamed his younger brother Claude for the reason he had to go to the Wallace store, and ask why he did not just explain the real reason he was there, he exclaims, “I couldn’t let her think I was goin’ up there...She’ve killed me!” (12). T.J.’s exclamation proves he is not dependable, because it shows that he would blame someone else for his actions rather than take the impact himself, so he would not be likely to help save a friend in a sticky situation. Also, when the other students in the class are informing the children on how Stacey was caught cheating, they say, “T.J. wasn’t about to say those notes were his” (81). T.J.’s response to Stacey being caught “cheating” shows he is not trustworthy, because he did not own up to his actions to save Stacey from humiliation. As well as describing the boy's differences through how trustworthy they are, Taylor also contrasts the boys by showing how honest they

The character I can relate with the greatest is Bryce. Bryce is a shy and not a outgoing person. He is fearful of very energetic and hyper people. Bryce is especially bothered by loud noises and Julianna’s high strung energy. I can relate to a plethora of Bryce’s feelings toward noisy and hyper people. I for one do not enjoy high strung, hyper people who’s excited energy is out the roof.