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pressed them into his fists, and held them that way all morning long” p. 92. Whenever the other kids make fun of Eleanor, Park always tries to be fine, when
actually he is really mad. He tries to control his anger all the way to school. Park does not know why the other kids keep mocking and talking about Eleanor. The
fact is that Eleanor’s appearance is quite weird, but he thinks that mocking or
talking about Eleanor every single day is too much . “Park took a few steps back,
then cranked his shoulder forward, spinning into the air and kicking Steve right in the mouth” p. 92. Steve is the one who always makes fun of Eleanor. One day,
Park cannot resist that anymore. When he gets down on the school bus, he directly kicks Steve in the mouth. He does not care for everyone who looks or yells at him
because he defends Eleanor, a weird girl according to other kids. After the fight with Steve, Park is suspended from the school for two days and his mother is
really mad at him. Meanwhile, his father is a bit surprised and proud because Park is able to
do the spinning before kicking Steve’s mouth. His father always compares him with Josh. Therefore, finding out that Park can do the spinning make his father a
bit surprised . ‘I’ll drive you,’ he said”, p. 294. Eleanor runs away from her home
because of her step-father. She is going to her uncle ’s house in Minnesota. Park
initiates to drive Eleanor because Minnesota is quite far from their house. Even though Park cannot drive the manual car well, he still wants to drive Eleanor. He
begs his father to let him go to drive Eleanor. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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Park notices that Eleanor’s shirt is wet because of running out from home. “ ‘Here,’ Park said. He was taking off his sweatshirt. Then his T-shirt. He handed
the T-shirt to her. It was green and said ‘Prefab Sprout’ ” p. 307. Park thinks that
Eleanor will be sick if she keeps wearing her shirt, then he decides to give his T- shirt. He
wants to make sure that Eleanor will arrive in her uncle’s house safely. Park’s personality does not change from the beginning until the end of the story.
He is an introvert, attentive, and kind-hearted person. Perrine 1974 says that static character has the same characteristic from the beginning of the story until
the end of the story. Therefore, it can be said that Park is a static character.