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Highly Illogical Behavior Character Analysis

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The book I read is Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley. Two characters in this novel are Solomon Reed, and Lisa Praytor. One thing that differs between these two characters is that Lisa is a person that is a opportunist .An example of Lisa being an opportunist is when she states, "Not a day on your calendar should ever be empty. Its bad luck. Twenty-four hours of wasted opportunity." Solomon is a person that is very logical in thinking. An example of Solomon being a logical thinker is stated, "After the fountain, he realized what he had to do. Take away things that make you panic and you won't panic." This is Solomon being a logical thinker because he would have panic attacks at school when one day was the last day he would try

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