Mode: Reading
Text: Stone Cold
Genre: Prose
Task: Choose two main characters from the novel and show how the author creates different personalities for each one. Express a personal reaction to each one.
I have recently read a book called ‘Stone Cold’. The purpose of my essay is to show how the author creates different personalities for the two main characters in the book. One of the main characters is Link. He was a 14-year-old boy living with his mother and because of home difficulties with his mother meeting a man he leaves and becomes homeless. I did not think Link had the best excuse for leaving home and living on the streets because he thought his Mothers new boyfriend would come looking for him, “In case good old Vince took it into his head to come looking for me.” At the very start of the book I new he must have been a very sensitive person because he left home. Link ended up sleeping on the streets of London and this was when I started to pick up how the author creates Links personality. I think Link is a bit naive when he spends half his money on a rented room. This showed that he was new to becoming homeless and did not have a clue about what to do with his money. He must have also been very desperate for somewhere to sleep. Link can also be clever in the way that he finds places to stay. “I found a doorway, a good deep one”. Link is also very kind. “We’ll look out for your daughter, and if we see her we’ll say we saw you”. The author creates Links character by what Link says such as, “No, not hungry”. This was not completely true as he was trying to be kind to his new friend Ginger. Link has to face terrible difficulties by trying to avoid starvation, seeking spare change, finding shelter from the cold showery nights and avoiding the occasional ‘weirdo’.