Character Analysis Of Holling In The Wednesday War

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In the book the Wednesday wars the main character is Holling Hoodhood and he lives in a little town just under New York in 1967. Holling is trying to survive the school year with a teacher (Mrs. Baker) who he thinks hates his guts but over the course of the year that might change. Holling is shy,caring,and kind but one of those characteristics will change.

Holling Hoodhood is kind of shy he doesn’t like to talk to people very much and doesn’t like to be around people very often he likes to be alone. This trait only last for the first 100 pages. Once someone wanted to talk to him but he looked at them and then walked away.

Holling is very kind, he helps people in tough times like the time when Mery Lee was sad because she thought

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