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Character Analysis: Dirk The Protector

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“Who will survive”? My class and I have been reading “Dirk the Protector” by Gary Paulson. It is about a boy getting bullied by happy the bully. Then the boy finds dirk the dog that protects him from happy. The boy Gary is poor and lives in the streets. And the dog dirk is found under a fire escape by Gary trying to avoid happy. Here I will tell you about the personality traits about these two best friends.
Dirk the dog is very tough because he beats up happy two times. Another character trait is that dirk is very loyal because he will do anything to protect the boy Gary. Then he is very protective because he protected Gary from happy. Finally he is very violent because he ripped happys pants and bit happy bum.
Now for Gary the boy. One character

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