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Wednesday Wars By Gary D. Schmidt: Character Analysis

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3885 Wednesday Wars February “You should learn from your competitor, but never copy.”-Jack Ma. In The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt, the lead character, Holling Hoodhood has a dad who’s constantly agitated and distressed about his job. If you do one little thing that could mess up his business, it could affect the descendants after him. Holling’s dad finally has a chance to have his verge of happiness. He found the one thing that can make his life immaculate. Holling recently drew a picture of his dad’s design for the new school; which could promote his business. Holling went out with a girl named Meryl Lee, and her dad was in emulation to promote his business as well. Holling gave her the drawing and then later on, Meryl Lee gave

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