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Character Analysis Of Burris

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I am going to be characterizing Burris on how he is poor and rude. Burris and his family are poor and cannot afford for him to take showers. They have to conserve water for drinking. Burris has lice because he is very dirty and he likes to do a lot of things outside in the dirt. His clothing is in rough shape because there is no money for new clothes. Another characterization on Burris is that he can sometimes be very rude. Burris was right next to Miss Caroline and he shook his hair and tons of lice came falling out. Miss Caroline got really frightened and quickly got mad at Burris. He insulted Miss Caroline by yelling at her and making her cry in front of the whole first grade class. Burris causes a lot of trouble due to his lack of caring

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