CHARACTERS

14. In what ways are the group of teenagers different from each other?

15. Brainstorm some words and phrases that you think sum up each of the characters - Elli, Fi, Kevin, Corrie, Lee, Robyn, Homer and Chris.

16. Which characters develop and change during the story? How? Which characters stay much the same?

17. Write at least a paragraph on each of the following characters describing how they change through the story. Begin with Ellie. Re-read the following passages and discuss how her character develops -

a) Deciding to camp in Hell, p.3-6.

b) "It was a dance of courage", p.81-82.

c) "I felt that my life was permanently damaged", p.95-97.

d) "I dreamed about you", p. 158-161, 178.

e) "This was a tough question", p.192-194, 267-268.

f) "I too had blood on my hands", p.215-218.

g) "evil was a human invention", p. 242-243.

h) "loyalty, courage, goodness. I wonder if they're human inventions too...", p. 284.

Homer - We see Homer through Ellie's eyes but he clearly surprises her at several points in the story. What are these surprises? What picture of Homer do you have by the end of the novel?

Fi - 'Sometimes Fi seemed like an exotic butterfly", p.33. This is how Ellie sees Fi at the start of the novel. Why? Does she stay like this?