Captain And Marvins Face Character Analysis

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Everyone can understand the struggles of overcoming a challenge. In the children's short stories we learn about the obstacles that Captin and Marvin face. Captin is a young boy who is bullied and goes on a journey to face his fears, where as Marvin, discovered how to breakdown his walls and share his feelings with others. Furthermore, the characters share a likeness in the challenges they come in contact with. However, they handle their challenges in contrasting ways. Although Captin Ambrose and Marvin share similarities with the challenges they face they differ in how they over come them. First the two characters, Captain and Marvin, show similarities with the challenges they face. Captin struggles with overcoming his fears and Marvin struggles with opening up and sharing his feelings. In fact, both of these challenges stem internally. Most of the reason Captain and Marvin struggle is because they're both social …show more content…
The lesson Captain learned was to find the strength to overcome his fears, where as Marvin found strength to share his feelings. On the other hand, the characters differ in how they overcome challenges, by the help they received. Captain got help to face his fears from air pirates. Contrary, Marvin reached out to his father and teacher concerning his problems. During these rough times, for both Captain and Marvin, the two characters coped differently. Captain coped with his problems in an imaginary world, he let himself leave to another land in his imagination and defeat an villian to find the confidence to overcome his fear. Contrastingly, Marvin coped with his problem in harsh reality of life. He broke down in front of his entire class. His teacher had pulled him to the side and confronted him about it. Through finally opening up, Marvin had learned he could share his feelings after all. Therefore, Captin and Marvin showed differences in how they handled their

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