Character Analysis Of Charlie In Cynthia Rylant's 'Slower Than The Rest'

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“Slower Than the Rest” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fiction about a kid who finds a turtle and names the turtle Charlie, and he makes Leo happy.In the beginning, Charlie does funny things in front of Leo. Soon, Charlie starts to act like Leo. In the end, Charlie helps on Leo’s project at school. This story shows that Leo learned some things from Charlie. In the beginning, Charlie was doing funny things in front of Leo. In paragraph 4, Charlie would poke his head into Leo’s neck. It kept both Leo and Charlie entertained. (In paragraph #6, Charlie acts like he is swimming.”His front and back legs moved as like he was swimming.” He then would sniff the air.) This proves that Charlie did funny things in front of Leo. This shows that Charlie

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