Character Analysis
| Yoli from mototrcycle on the sea of tranquility | Connie from where are you going, where have you been | |||
| Internal Conflict | A struggle within the character | worried about her brother Chuy and how she wants to help him. | worries about her looks and wants to be dolled up all the time | |
| External Conflict | A struggle against another character, idea, organization, etc. | she believes that women aren't treated the way they deserve and think men are treated as if they're something more than women. | she wishes her mom to be dead and herself because of how shes treated by her mother. | |
| Climax | A high point of the story, such as where a character must make a big decision | she goes on a motorcycle ride with her brother although it's dangerous but she takes the risk | she leaves with a guy she doesn't even know | |
| Motivation | Why do characters behave the way they do? | she looks up to her older brother Chuy and would do anything for him | her mother always puts her down in ways she shouldnt | |
| Strengths |
| she cares about her rights and is very creative | she enjoys being herself and she loves herself | |
| Weaknesses | The negative qualities and characteristics in a character. | she looks up to her brother which is a bad influence on her and doesnt think of the consequences | shes disobeys her mother and is careless | |
| Figurative Language | Any use of metaphors and/or similies by the character. | she is compared to a coconut due to the fact she is brown on the outside but white in the inside meaning shes Mexican-American | her laugh is compared to the bells on her bracelet which is high pitch |
Yolanda Shagun is the main charcter from the book "motorcycle on the sea of tranquility" novel by Patricia Santana, is based on the sixties in San Diego, California. she is a Mexican-American teenager who looks up to her older brother Chuy who she was close to but after he went to vitenam he had changed as a person which Yoli is concerned about as for her her family and neighbors. Yoli wants to help him and understands why he chose a mototrcycle instead of a car which is because he loves the way the wind hits his face and imagine himself flying to get a taste of freedom and Yoli wanted to apart of that, to get that taste of freedoom.
Connie from the novel "where are you going, Where have you been" is about a fifteen year old girl who doesn't really look up to anyone but herself really, she is always put down by her mother which makes her not know anything about family, she only really cares about her looks due to the fact her mother tells her shes not but she chooses not to believe that so she doesnt understand what family is until a stranger comes to her house and lures her into his car to go for a ride she then realizes all the values in life other than her looks and thinks about her family.
