The Intern By Gabrielle Tozer Character Analysis

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The intern written by Gabrielle Tozer is an amazingly written and magical book, it shows the struggles of what a small town girl who has been classified as a nerd her whole life just because she works hard and has many ambitions, finally making it to the big leagues Josie soon discovers everything isn’t what it is made out to be. Sure there’s the benefits of free beauty items and meeting the biggest stars but this intern is faced with the biggest challenge she has faced so far, impressing your boss to be able to get the job is one thing but being faced with five thousand dollars up for grabs and two equally fierce competitors, things may get messy. Josie has never despised anyone in her life but when one of her competitors tries to ruin any …show more content…
Tim is Josie’s older cousin who is supposed to be a successful which is what she heard from her mum but when she stays at his apartment whilst being an intern she realizes that he actually is unsuccessful bachelor who parties all night and sleeps all day but is one of the nicest people she has met. James is Tim’s best friend and roommate, loves pizza, music (most importantly his vinyls) has a witty and not so innocent humour but this is what Josie thinks makes him the most perfect guy for her but there is one small catch, and that is he has a loving but …show more content…
The Intern is also a great example of overcoming anything, Josie kept her friendships even though she had a super busy life and was held by a leash all day every day by her boss. People tried to sabotage all the good things she received but she let nothing in her way and stayed strong through every

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