Schooled Character Analysis

In the novel Schooled written by Gordon Korman, the main character Capricorn Anderson knew nothing about society because he lived on a farm commune named Garland, which was where hippies lived away from society. Cap was homeschooled because his grandmother Rain wanted to avoid the low standards and cultural poison of a world that had lost its way. However, when Cap is forced to leave Garland and live in society and go to middle school his life changes. Cap’s character went from being a naive hippie to a very smart, popular kid who really liked middle school and being around other kids.
At first, Cap did not understand the rules of society. For example, when a police officer pulled Cap over when he was driving Rain to the hospital because she fell out of a tree, Cap said to him “I drive all the time. Rain taught me when I was eight”. The police officer said “And you never thought of dialing 9-1-1”. Cap looked at him blankly and said “What”s nine-one-one?” Another example of how naive Cap was when Zach was showing Cap where his locker was. Cap didn’t know what a locker or …show more content…
Zach tried to make Cap’s life miserable by putting gross things in his locker, making Cap memorize all the student’s names in the entire school, and holding fake meetings and giving Cap the wrong room number. Cap never got upset or angry about any of the stuff Zach was doing to him. Cap remained patient and kind even when Zach put a dead bird in Cap’s locker. Cap wrapped the small dead bird’s body in a paper towel and marched the bird outside and stopped at a flower bed. He took the shrouded little corpse and put it into a tiny hole and buries it. Naomi came over beside him and stayed there with Cap because she felt bad for doing all the mean things to Cap. Cap said “Death is a part of life. This is just another part of your journey. Fly well.” This quote showed that Cap was a very kind, caring and patient