Literary Reflections

If you could bring one character from any one book that we have read this year with you when you go to college, who would bring? Why?

This character could be your roommate (or suite-mate or housemate or whomever), a future classmate, a friend on campus, a professor, TA, grad student, or any other person you might regularly see on campus.

In a thoughtful blog entry, explain clearly who you would choose, what role he/she might take, and why you want to bring this particular character. Be sure to include specific evidence from the character, the book/novel, or other relevant sources.

If I could bring a character from a book that we have read to college with me, I would bring Doc from Cannery Row. I would want Doc to be an upper class student who could help me out my freshman year. In Cannery Row, Doc was always helping out Mac and the boys, and even when things went terribly wrong for example the party they had planned for him. Even though things had gone bad before he decided to he throw another one. He was always a very forgiving person and he even cleaned up the party. I think that Doc would be a great mentor because he is very smart and he was always tried to help everyone out. He helped the boys get money when they needed it, even when he hesitated to give them such an important job. He puts a lot of trust in the people around him and doesn't judge them if things don't go well.