CHARACTER ANALYSIS OF ZERO

Hi John! Hello everyone!

In this blog post I want to analysis the most intresting character in my opinion, Zero. His real name is Hector Zeroni, but he is always called Zero. He is the youngest person at the Camp. Despite the fact that he is a tiny person, he is the fastest digger in group D. I think that’s why he is so strong for his age. He doesn’t talk much. He had never spoken to the others, until Stanley came to the camp, that’s why he is called Zero by the others. And because of that the other boys and Mr. Pendanski think  he’s stupid. “Because there’s nothing inside his head.” (p.20) said Mr. Pendanski when Zero didn’t answer their questions. But actually he isn’t stupid  very clever. He just doesn’t want to answer their questions.

Especially, I like the friendship between Stanley and Zero. To provide an example, Magnet steals a sack of sunflower seeds but Stanley takes the rap. So Zero digs up Stanley’s hole and that is when Zero has become my favourite character. I found Zero's behaviour very impressive.

To talk about personal characteristics of Zero, he is black and he is illiterate, which means he can’t read and write. But Stanley wants to teach him how to read and write.  During these lessons we find out that Zero is really good at math. Another fact we find out about Zero is that he was lonely in his whole life. Therefore he needs to be loved and cared. I think that is the main reason of the intemacy between Stanely and Zero. Zeros thurst for love and care, made their frendship firmer and strenghten the bonds between them.
Hope to see you in another blog post.

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