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Mixed Messages From People In The Ravine By Graham Salisbury

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Have you ever gotten mixed messages from people? In “The Ravine” by Graham Salisbury, Vinny, and his three teen friends are going to a ravine in Hawaii to swim and cliff dive. Two weeks and one day before, a boy went missing at this ravine. Vinny doesn’t want to go but his friends peer-pressured him into going even after his mother told him not too. All of Vinny’s friends choose to jump from a 50 foot cliff, but Vinny is afraid of heights. In the end Vinny stands up to peer-pressure and does not jump. This brought Vinny peace.Vinny and Joe-boy are best friends, but they are more different than they are similar. Vinny is the main character. Vinny is scared. He doesn't want to go to the ravine.The text says, “Vinny winced. He didn’t want to be here. It was too soon, way too soon, Two weeks and one day” (Salisbury 4).This text proves that Vinny is scared because he thought it was too soon and he didn’t want to find the dead boys bodyVinny feels nervous because he thought that his mom might find out that he snuck to the ravine.Vinny’s …show more content…

You let your mommy run your life, or what?” Joe-Boy said. “But what if I get caught?” Vinny protested. “So?” Joe-Boy scoffed (Salisbury 7).Joe-Boy didn’t care if Vinny got caught at the ravine, nor did he care if he got in serious trouble. Joe-Boy was peer pressuring him into going. Surely, Joe-Boy is brave. “Vinny looked up when he heard Joe-Boy shout, “‘Hey, Vinny, watch how a man does it! Look!”’ Joe-Boy scooped up some mud and drew a stroke of lightning across his chest. When he jumped, he threw himself out, face and body parallel to the pond, his arms and legs spread out. He’s crazy, Vinny thought, Absolutely insane. At the last second Joe-Boy folded into a ball and hit” (Salisbury 8).Joe-Boy was jumping 50 feet high into a ravine, and his stomach was facing the water. He was about to belly flop into the ravine but he curled into a ball at the last second.Those are some character traits that describe

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