Character Analysis: Hope Was Here

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Have you ever faced an obstacle in life, then later overcame it. Well, in the book Hope was Here, there are some characters who have faced challenges in life, but the help of other people, they help them push through it. In the book there are many characters, but only two really stand out to me. There names are Hope and Addie, Hope is the main character in this book, and Addie is just a motherly figure to Hope because, Hope’s mother wasn't always there for Hope.

One character from the novel that had a struggle and later in life overcame it, was a girl named Hope. Hope had many struggles in life from growing up without a father, to not having her mother in her life. Hope grew up without her father, but she overcame it by creating a scrapbook

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