Joe-Boy And Vinny In The Ravine

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The author shows many character traits that describes Joe-Boy and Vinny in the “The Ravine”. Vinny and Joe-Boy are really good friends and Joe-Boy likes to tease Vinny about the dead boy in the story. Vinny and Joe-Boy have different and alike character traits in the text.

Vinny and his friend have many differences. Vinny does not want his friends to jump the 50 foot ledge and Joe-Boy does not seem to care at all because it says in the text that “...Joe-Boy jumped like a man ...” and “ Vinny didn’t want Starline to jump off the 50 foot ledge”. Vinny is really scared of the dead boy and Joe-Boy does not seem to care but Vinny does care because when he a footprint he moved to the side and Joe-Boy just stayed on the path. Vinny is scared

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