Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Rush for the Gold


Tyler Kiser
2/25/13
Character Analysis
Reagels 5th hour

Character Analysis
“Author’s Note:
I wrote this to demonstrate my understanding of Character Analysis.”

            She flew through the water taking a breath every few strokes, closing the gap between her and the final wall. Will she make it? Can she win? Do you believe in Susan Carol Anderson? Well in the book Rush for Gold by John Feinstein you can find out if she will push through with her strength and courage to take on the 200 m butterfly. Susan Carol Anderson in the book  has amazing courage, strength and heart.

            Susan Carol has outstanding courage and persistence to train for races, but more importantly to make it to the Olympics. “In the summer I would crack out 12,000 m a day.” She will push forward even if it means spending all of her time training and preparing for a chance of a life time: to win a gold medal. Susan Carol also gives her hardest even when she is struggling to finish the last leg of the biggest race of her life. “Just about out of air, she forced herself to stay down for the last three strokes.” As she pushed herself to her limit she dominated her opponent to qualify for the Olympic swim team. “Next to her name was the pretties sight… the number 1.” Susan had finally took first in the 200 m butterfly after taking second in the 100 m butterfly earlier.

            In this book Susan has one big heart, caring for everyone even if she doesn’t like them. She especially cares for her dad, even though he may be getting persuaded by money she still loves him. “He seems to be losing it… he said he would never side with agents, but now he does.” She barely got that out before bursting into tears, because her dad had promised her he would never side with the agents. Stevie, her best friend, says she has such an amazing and caring smile that he calls it, “The Smile”. “She gave him The Smile when she first saw him.” In the end she always has a positive attitude when it comes to life, always laughing and having fun.

            Overall Susan Carol has an amazing heart, has amazing courage, and has amazing perseverance. She does this because she grew up with loving and caring parents, which some of that happiness may have rubbed off on her. Susan will always pull through for you in the end and will keep you company with “The Smile”.


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