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Going Solo Character Analysis

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Reading is the pathway to lots of knowledge on many events that you may have not experienced. The book " Going Solo" opens up lots of information about a man that fought in World War II. The story is about a man named Roald Dhal that is a soldier in World War II. On his journey he meets two men Mdisho who is violent and energetic and David Coke who is more helpful and honest. The men that befriend him on his journey and help Roald in many ways. Roald Dahl meets a man named David Coke while on an adventure. He describes David Coke as a helpful and honest person. One reason the text shows that David is a helpful person because it states "As you don't seem to know anything at all I'd better try to help you" (First Encounter With a Bandit,65) This shows that David is …show more content…

Based on the text I can infer that Mdisho is a very brave and energetic person. One piece of evidence that leads me to believe he is energetic is because "By then it was getting dark and it was not easy dodging around the tall prickly sisal plants , but I went on running" (Mdisho of the Mwanumwezi, 36) By this piece of evidence it makes me believe that Mdisho is athletic because he kept on running even though he faced a lot of obstacles. A piece of evidence that shows Mdisho is brave is because it states " I came home by the road because it was faster and I didn't care anymore about the askaris seeing me" ( Mdisho of the Mwanumezi, 40) This shows that Mdisho doesn't care if he see's someone with a bloody sword. Based on these pieces of evidence I can state that Mdisho is Brave and Energetic. Reading is a very key skill to learn lots of information. This book "Going Solo" tells us about a man that goes on an adventure and has to fight in World War II and on his journey he meets two men. Mdisho and David Coke help him on his journey. To conclude this story has lots of information you might not have known and it is also very

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