Al Capone Does My Shirt: Character Development

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Character Development Some people read because they love to, some people read because they have too ,but when people read they may not notice what the author is doing. Authors use many literary devices that make the piece you are reading worthwhile. Literary devices do many things whether it is to develop a character; build structure or even describe how a person looks. I will be explaining the various literary devices Gennifer Choldenko used to develop the characters in the book “Al Capone Does My Shirts.” The book “Al Capone Does My Shirts” is based on a group of kids growing up on Alcatraz Island, which holds a prison full of felons murders and many other convict’s one of the most dangerous prisons of them all. The author Genniffer Choldenko …show more content…

Baseball is Moose 's favorite activity and when his dad said he wasn 't allowed to play he didn 't go and throw a fit, he just dealt with it. “Give me your ball and glove.” (35) this is like the one time my mom took my dirt bike away and I pretended like it didn 't bother me but I was very upset. When Moose tells stories about Alcatraz he 's dealing with a conflict within himself. He knows he shouldn 't be running his mouth but he wants to act cool so he tells Tales all about Al Capone and Alcatraz. “I 've seen Scarface Capone with my own two eyes.” (40) Then Moose gets caught by the Warden with the laundry service and he almost gets his dad fired. We all deal with conflict differently, but this shows Moose 's maturity he didn 't flip out even though it wasn 't his fault he took …show more content…

“Are you sure you aren 't in the wrong class.” I remember my first day of 7th grade I felt out of place because I was one of the smallest kids. Then the author describes how fast Moose swings the baseball bat. When Moose is playing baseball he keeps on missing the ball and striking out because he is just too big of a guy they don 't have a big enough bat for him. Whenever I used to play baseball I had the opposite problem. Then the next way the author uses imagery is when Moose likes Piper so he asks Scout if he thinks she is pretty. Throughout the book we can tell that moose has a crush on Piper. “Hey Scout what 's your opinion on Piper do you think she 's cute?” (141) this shows two things the first thing is that Piper might be a good looking girl. Then it shows that Moose has a crush on her. From personal experience I know that when I like a girl I will ask my friends about

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