When you look at something closely you see that it is made up a smaller parts and those each have their own unique characteristics. People are not any different from objects when it comes to this; the smaller pieces are just call traits. Some people are extremely beautiful, others are very good at sports, and others can make people feel very comfortable. Samantha (Sammy) Keyes is a very special 12-year-old girl that has her own special traits. Sammy is a very brave girl who is extremely observant, who has great compassion for others and is also very loyal. These traits help her juggle the events that unfold around her and her friends on Halloween one year.
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Sammy is loyal to her friend Marissa, her grandmother and her new friend Chauncey. Marissa took a sweater from her mother’s closet, without asking, to help make Sammy’s costume better. When the sweater is damaged in the fire, she could have turned her back on her or said “I didn’t ask you to do it.” Instead Sammy went back to try and find it at the “Bush House” and when she found it ruined there she offered to tell her friend’s mom to save her from having to do it. Sammy’s grandmother took her in, even though her building doesn’t allow kids, while her mother was off in LA pursuing stardom. Sammy’s loyalty to her Grandmother is obvious with the care she takes when coming and going from her apartment. Using the fire escape to come and go to avoid her nosy neighbors, and sleeping out at friend’s houses when she needs to so that she didn’t get her grandmother in trouble. She even quickly develops a loyalty to Chauncey not letting his case get thrown aside and watching out for him. She immediately wants to protect her new friend and help him get the items that were taken from him.
Throughout the story we see Sammy’s bravery, loyalty and compassion many times and in different ways. What I found most interesting though is seeing how each trait enhances the other. Her bravery lets her show compassion to Chauncey. Her compassion builds loyalty
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Sammy is loyal to her friend Marissa, her grandmother and her new friend Chauncey. Marissa took a sweater from her mother’s closet, without asking, to help make Sammy’s costume better. When the sweater is damaged in the fire, she could have turned her back on her or said “I didn’t ask you to do it.” Instead Sammy went back to try and find it at the “Bush House” and when she found it ruined there she offered to tell her friend’s mom to save her from having to do it. Sammy’s grandmother took her in, even though her building doesn’t allow kids, while her mother was off in LA pursuing stardom. Sammy’s loyalty to her Grandmother is obvious with the care she takes when coming and going from her apartment. Using the fire escape to come and go to avoid her nosy neighbors, and sleeping out at friend’s houses when she needs to so that she didn’t get her grandmother in trouble. She even quickly develops a loyalty to Chauncey not letting his case get thrown aside and watching out for him. She immediately wants to protect her new friend and help him get the items that were taken from him.
Throughout the story we see Sammy’s bravery, loyalty and compassion many times and in different ways. What I found most interesting though is seeing how each trait enhances the other. Her bravery lets her show compassion to Chauncey. Her compassion builds loyalty