Character Of My Choice

The character I'm choosing to write about is Darrell from Paul Langan's
 "The Bully". Darrell Mercer just moved to California from Philadelphia with his mom. He's trying to make friends but other people don't feel the same way. To me Darrell is a pleasant person who is just trying to fit in. In the beginning of the story Darrell was very feeble. As he enrolled at Bluford High and was surrounded by other Freshman's and high-schoolers he noticed that he wasn't as tall and buff as the other kids. He was starting to feel insecure, and him being bullied leaded him to feel that way the most. He started to do exercises and he also started to boost his appetite so he would be much bigger than he seemed. He would also hear from his uncle that he was really small and he looked like a little kid so that wasn't any support he needed at all. To deal with that Darrell started to join the wrestling team at school so he would be able to defend himself from the bullies. He was very dedicated to wrestling which cause him to stick up for himself. He became a vigorous person throughout the course of the book. Darrell also showed that he was a very shy person. I say that because he met a girl named Amberlynn Bailey, and although he was very shy when seeing her for the first time and speaking to her he built a good relationship with her. Since Darrell ended up fighting Tyray the main bully, and beating him up he had earned an abundance of respect from people and he actually made plenty of friends.