Character

       

1. Who is/are the main character(s) in the story? What does the main character look like?
Answer: The man in the water. Baldy, in his 50's, an extravagant moustache

2. Describe the main character's situation. Where does he/she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?
Answer: He was helping everyone that is drowning in the water. There's no information given about the man in the water.

3. What are some of the chief characteristics(personality traits) of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other characters? Note the degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main character's attitude towards his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad, content or discontented? Why?
Answer: He is an old and kind man. His characteristic was cleary shown in this story he was helping everyone to survive from the disaster. His attitude toward his life is also cleary shown in the story. He know that he would not survive if he kept on helping other, so in the end he let himself drown in the cold water.

4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?
Answer : The main conflict in this story is the disaster that happens in Potomac River. The conflict was revealed by the rescuer name Donald Usher and Eugene Windsor. At the end the man in the water die and everyone was safe because of him.

5. Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible change for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?
Answer: There is no developing character in this story. Everything in the story really point to the old guy or the man in the water.