Ruby the Copycat

Title: Ruby the Copycat

Author: Peggy Rathmann

 

Analysis

Character:

Protagonist: Ruby

Antagonist: Angela and Miss Hart

Other character: Other students

Setting: Backdrop setting

Narrative point of view: Omniscient Narrator

Plot:

a. Setting: Ruby started her new life in Miss Hart's class and met the friend-Angela.

b. Conflict: Ruby always copied whatever Angela had done.

c. Rising action: Ruby copied Angela's flower girl dress and even poem, too! 

d. Climax: Angela didn't like Ruby anymore and Ruby was sad.

e. Conflict(2): Ruby imitated Miss Hart's pink plastic fingernails and experience.

f. Rising action(2): Miss Hart asked Ruby what eles she had done this weekend.

e. Denouement: Ruby found her personal character.

f. End: Angela and Ruby were good friends agian.

Conflict:

a. Protagonist against the others:

To Angela: Ruby copied Angela's bow, sweater, flower girl dress and even her poem!  Angela got angry and didn't like Ruby anymore.

To Miss Hart: Miss Hart was worried about Ruby and wanted to taught her, but Ruby stared to imitate Miss Hart.

b. Protagonist against herself:

Ruby didn't know herself at all and had no cofidence to do herself, too.

Summary

    Ruby was a new student who had no self-confidence in Miss Hart's class.  Angela was Ruby's best friend and she liked her very much.  And then Ruby had  been imitating the actions Angela had done until Angela got annoyed and angry.  Miss Hart tried to taught her but Ruby turned to copied her teacher.  When Miss Hart asked Ruby What eles she had done this weekend, she found her special character and did herself. 

    Reflection

    Everyone is special and has own personal character.  Sometimes the character is easy to be found but sometimes not.  However, we can know oursleves more by asking others, trying many different kinds of things or reading books.

    When I was studied in elementary school, I also had a friend who liked to copied my style of dressing and speech.  At the begining, I felt really annoyed and didn't want to be her friend anymore, bacause I didn't like anyone to copied me!  One day I told the thing to my mother.  She pacified my anger and told me that because my friend adored me, she kept imitating the things I had done.  From that time, I liked and hoped someone who followed me!