Calm Personality Description a. Responsible

29 Dorothy March gave a sharp, startled laugh. ”What a bold statement My dear, it’s a live position. Why in the world would I take such a chance on a perfect stranger?” 117. To struggle a justice for Phoebe, a down syndrome girl, is not easy. It is about down syndrome children’s right to get education as good as what the normal children can get. Caroline joins the organization to fight for down syndrome children. This case is brought into the court. She usually could control her emotion every time she gets angry, but this time she needs to speak. She feels there should be defenses against some people who think they were right. She never felt like this before. There was a big push from her heart to be brave telling what she has in mind. The showing method is chosen to express her bravery in her thought. Her dead mothers hand flew to her mouth in shock. Caroline herself could not quite believe it, how her life had changed her, what she had become. But there was no going back. A flood of the mentally retarded, indeed She pressed her hands to the table and waited. One by one the men stopped speaking, and the room grew quiet. 208 What she has passed with Phoebe gives her strength to be brave. In the court, she explains what she has experienced since she lived with Phoebe. People who always talk about data and numbers should understand the subject is a human. The down syndrome children also have the abilities to do anything the normal children do. In this case, Caroline’s words express her bravery with showing method. “Its not about numbers,” Caroline said. “It’s about children. I have a daughter who is six years old. It takes her more times, its true, to master new things. But she had learned to do everything that any other children learn to do: to crawl and walk and talk and use the bathroom, to dress herself, which she did this morning. What I see is little girl who wants to learn, and who loves everyone she sees. And I see a roomful of men who 30 appear to have forgotten that in this country we promise an education to every child—regardless of ability.” 208 Using telling method, Caroline confesses the secret about how she could bring Phoebe into her life to Al, her husband. Al has known this and does not take it serious. He is proud of Caroline not to leaving Phoebe in the institution. He admitted her bravery to have this plan. Al’s words declare that Caroline is brave. Al didn’t speak for a while. ”I’ve heard of things like that,” he said at last. “I’ve heard those kinds of stories, on the road. You were brave, Caroline. You did the right thing. It’s hard to think of Phoebe growing up in a place like that.” 295

g. Smart

In Pittsburgh, Caroline works as a companion to take care an old man named Leo March who is physically strong but subject to lapses of memory and sense. Before her, his daughter, Doro had hired eight different people but none of them adhered to his behavior. Only Caroline could stand with him. For many times, Leo made many problems and Caroline still could handle it. Then, Leo, himself, admitted that Caroline is a smart woman. According to telling method, He is explicitly stated by his words that Caroline is smart. They walked a few more feet in silence. “You’re a smart woman,” Leo said. She stopped on the bricks, astonished. “What? What did you say?” He looked at her, lucid, his eyes the same bright seeking blue as Doro’s. “I said you’re smart. My daughter hired eight different nurses before you. None of them lasted more than a week. Bet you didn’t know that.” 129 In the meeting to ask the school board to include the down syndrome children in public schools, Caroline helps the Upside Down Society by speaking to fight for