Character Analysis: High School Athlete

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1) Persona
-The Princess portrays a popular high school student who only socialize within the same level as her. Claire wears pink to show how girly she is and to show her princess status.
-The Brain demonstrates a nerdy and harmless guy who have the best grades. Brian also is a member of different kinds of academic clubs which makes them call him a geek.
-The Basket Case shows a quiet girl who 's socially awkward. On the first part, she didn’t say much besides a squeak, sits away, and hides under her black jacket which makes her mysterious.
-The Athlete display typical high school athlete who have a buff body and wears the team’s jacket. Andrew shows his skills and strength by wrestling with Bender.
-The Criminal presents a tough rebel bad
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-The Athlete due to his dad’s pressure to want him to always win, he joined the varsity but he’s now confused about what he wants because his dad makes all decisions for himself.
-The Criminal because of him being an attention seeker, his persona is to become a tough guy
4) Shadow
-The Princess selfishly and frankly said that she will not approach any of them besides Andrew to sustain her popularity and princess status. She didn’t hesitate to tell the truth even if she might hurt someone 's feelings.
-The Brain is a surprising lethal thinker who concluded to take his life rather than getting a failed grade.
-The Basket Case, a compulsive liar, she didn 't stop saying lies to mess up with Claire even though she is hurting her feelings.
-The Athlete, a terrifying follower who will do anything to make his boss proud like what he did to a harmless student because he wanted to look cool like what his dad wanted him to be.
-The Criminal does everything to get an attention. Bender doesn’t think about his actions until he gets the attention that he wanted because of his envy about people having special

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