Character Sketcher 3
Your job as Character Sketcher is to identify a character’s actions (traits) and explain or prove these traits, identify the character’s goal (which is what the character wants to do or accomplish), identify the problem and solution in the reading, and complete an artistic impression of the character.
You need to be aware that the character traits you will choose will be implied character traits. In other words, they are not directly stated in the passage. You will want to use descriptive words for your character traits. You do NOT want to use words like good, bad, nice, and mean. Be sure to use your “Descriptive Character Traits” page for help.
Sometimes the solution to your character’s problem will not be in the section of the book that you are reading. In this case, you will need to come up with a possible solution for you character’s problem.
When you begin artistically representing your character, try to use any physical descriptions from the text to help you. Your “artistic impression” of the character will probably be on a separate piece of paper. The next page gives you an example of how your paper may look with the character information.
You will be learning about Black Stache. Think about the following traits as you read Chapter 4-The Sea Devil:
| boastful | defiant | disgruntled |
| ruthless | conceited | determined |
Implied Character Traits (3)
- (Trait) Conceited p. 33 par. 8
(Explanation or proof of trait)
Black Stache laughs at the idea of another ship outrunning his own. He believes his ship is the fastest, unbeatable almost.
- (Trait) Ruthless p. 35 par. 8
(Explanation or proof of trait)
He threatens to cut the captured sailors ears off if the information he has given Stache is wrong. Stache declared that he would make a necklace out of the ears.
- (Trait) Determined p. 36 par. 3
(Explanation or proof of trait)
Stache states that he wants the wasp. In the final paragraph on page 36 Stache declares that the Wasp will be his along with everything on it.
Character’s Goal: Stache’s goal is to capture the Wasp along with all the treasure on it.
Problem: Stache’s problem is that the Wasp is supposedly the fastest ship built to date. Therefore, he will probably be unable to capture it.
Solution or Possible Solution:
Stache keeps mentioning the Ladies. Perhaps the Ladies are some type of device that will make the Sea Devil sail faster; thus he will be able to outrun the Wasp.
