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Vinny And Joe-Boy In The Ravine

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The author introduces character traits to tell how the character act and how they are. Two Hawaiian Boys named Vinny and Joe-Boy are the main characters of the story ‘’ The Ravine.’’ Vinny is scared of heights and he is scared to jump of the 50 foot ledge joe-boy jumped off the 50 foot ledge.Vinny doesn’t want to get in trouble by his mom because she doesn’t want him to jump off the 50 foot ledge he said she would kill him if he did that. His friends were making fun of him because he wouldn’t jump they were calling him a chicken the pond was only 4 feet deep. Joe-boy was bullying vinny. Vinny is different from joe-boy because vinny doesn’t want to go to the ravine and joe-boy is all about going to the ravine when vinny saw the

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