The Ravine Short Story

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Would you jump off a 50 ft Precipice? In the story “The Ravine”, Joe-Boy and Vinny are 15 year old, hawaiian boys. They are going to the ravine to jump off cliffs and swim.Two weeks and one day before they visit the ravine, a boy died jumping from the ravine. Vinny and Joe-Boy are different in many ways and are the similar in a few.      At the same time it is easy to know what Vinny is like. In this case, Vinny couldn't stand up to his friends Vinny also didn't want to go to the ravine. Vinny thought that if he told his friends that his mom wouldn’t let him go, they would laugh. Vinny thought this made him “weak”. Vinny dropped down into the ravine Vinny slipped, and  his towel fell in the mud. He picked it up tried to brush the towel off and instead it smeared the mud into the towel even more. His mom told him absolutely not to go to the ravine, but Vinny dad told Vinny he could go. Would you go to the ravine and jump off a cliff.   After reading about Joe-Boys character traits,  it shows that he is  brave. When he goes into the ravine knowing that the boy Butchie has died two weeks and one day ago. Joe-Boy walked up the cliff to the 50ft. Precipice and jumped. When Vinny fell into the mud well they were walking in the ravine Joy-Boy laughed at Vinny. “Vinny you …show more content…

On page 3 it states that Vinny and Joe-Boy are 15 year old hawaiian boys heading into the ravine.  Vinny doesn't want to go to the ravine,because his mom told him not to go down to the ravine. Joe-Boy would tease him if he didn't go with him.  Vinny and his friend Joe-Boy are superstitious in that they think the stone goddess is going to protect them. Also Joe-Boy drew a lightning bolt across his chest and put a leaf in his mouth before he jumped. The two Hawaiian boys are superstitious at first could the dead boy really be down there. Towards the end Vinny stands up to his friends and tells them no and that he isn't

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