Week 3 4-18 to 4-22

Week 3 RR? - Understanding my character(s)
(Be sure to include quote and page number!!)
You must use at LEAST 2 quotes from the book.
Understanding your character is a good way for you to really get into your book and see from another person's perspective. In your response this week, describe your character. Think about and discuss:
- 1. Your main character's personality
- 2. How they act/behave
- 3. What they look like
- 4. How old they are
- 5. What sort of education do you think that they have
- 6. Who their friends and family are
- 7. What their financial (money) situation is
- 8. and what their job is (if they have one).



My book is called Suck it up by Brian Meehl, and so far I'm really enjoying it. The main character of my book is of course the vampire boy named Morning McCobb. Being a vampire he amazed me, he amazed me because he isn't attached to the personality of vampires I've seen on television. The usual dark, mean, repelling, ignorant type of vampire doesn't fit Morning. Morning is a sweet, kind, responsible, and best of all is a vegetarian 16 year old young adult. I mean young vampire. He prefers to follow the non-human blood role, he drinks his blood light (Flavored water!). He's a fun and smart dude. He always thinks outside the box. Morning doesn't have a family, only the friends that he sees as family. First there's this girl that is like his foster sister, which is always there for him, than Birnam his teacher or leader of the vampire league, then Penny the woman who represents him, finally, there’s Portia, his other half. Not that they are together or anything but there's chemistry between them and they like each other. McCobb doesn't behave out of the ordinary he's always focused on his job and he’s a gentleman over all. There are times when he’s antsy and mad, because of the pressure getting to his head. I know I would go nuts if I was trying to get killed, and had to transform from a boy to many animals, trees, etc. On chapter 26, it talks about this guy named Golpear trying to kill Morning with a croquet stick. To mornings luck him being immortal he survived. On page 185 it reads, “Yeah, it's like our bodies have an invisible finger on the reset button." This meaning if he gets hurt he can simply “reset his button " and have no harm what so ever holding him. Also, on page 204, it quotes, “Morning was dressed in blue jeans and Lycanthrope T-shirt. Although this may not clarify in detail vampire boy's appearance, it gives me a good idea of what he looks like. What I’ve got out of it is that he is tall, black hair and a skinny body, someone casual who doesn’t care how they look as much as I would, he reminds me of Alfredo but without all the whole Mohawk hair style.

Being a vampire, at first I thought Morning didn't have a job, not just any job but the job that has one thing in common to mines. We both work, but don't get money! When I reflected on what type of job my character has, I thought, and came to the idea that his job was to show the world vampires aren't bad people, or animals, or whatever they are. Doing that I don't really think he has an education for studies that I would have, but more like learning the way of a vampire and all they're secrets. Morning's financial situation is a no, because he doesn't have money nor need it. Unless, you call being transported to shows on private jets called wealthy.

I've had some fun with this book, although reading isn't my personal favorite pass time, this book has I don't know, given me reasons to keep reading it until the end. My point is this book is the only reason I even read! Maybe! I like it, maybe I like the silly parts it says that make me laugh, like blood light!