Sensible [ @ swants to stay in a bedroom with Pixie and not with the three boys at Old | Hanwick Hall | comes to her senses by supporting her stepmother during dinner — hints at | the guests on how rude they are by not complementing her stepmother’s cookin; tichard Clayton cries when she learns o} jarwick’s decision to leave his | home as he cannot get along with his stepfather, Mr. Coldstone | & feels sorry for Stella, her stepmother, when none of the guests speaks to her and appreciates what she has done for dinner Mature |" drops a hint to the dinner guests to show their appreciation towards Stella by parading the green pyjamas given by her stepmother | © suggests to Ralph that the broken wooden cow be given to Colin as a way | | of encouraging him to mend the missing piece in his life ® sees the wooden cow with the broken leg as something symbolic for Colin | = Colin needs to learn to ‘fix things’ his life | & finaly accepts stepmother’ efforts ~ ears how to read maps, change electric | | | __plugs and skate from her stepmother Evidence Colin has the habit of drifting through the hours at school dreamily © his thoughts are always somewhere else © keeps his stepfather’ tobacco tin under his pillow every night to constant! remind him of his stepfather, Jack Jhums his stepfather’ favourite song “The Bluebird of Happiness’ * % is determined to find his stepfather * to leave home one day and find his stepfather ~ always prefer cash for Christmas present from his mum to save up utites a letter to his stepfather in his effort to locate his whereabouts ‘misses the times when his stepfather walks him to school and pushes hin up the swing in the park remembers the many names that his stepfather gives him ~ ‘Col, ‘Collie ‘Sonny-boy’, ‘Buster’, “Bluel misses his stepfather very much keeps exact count on how long his stepfather has been gone ~ ‘five years eight months and seven days’ * remembers how his stepfather rolls his own cigarettes out of a tobacco ti ° *‘Characteristics Quick-witted | ¢ mentally alert ~ he interrupts Colin while he tells the details of his story | © asks probing questions while al his friends tel their stories Tolerant and | @ copes with three stepmothers, Annabel, Janet and Flora, one after the other | accepting —_| # accepts and tolerates the different personalities each stepmother possesses | Hardworking | @ hasabusy schedule every week takes turns to goto his mother’ and father’ | houses and orchestra lessons in between | | goes miles to buy a bottle of mint sauce for his stepmother, Flora reads baby books to learn more about taking care of his would-be sibling when he/she is born helps his stepmother to sort out old toys and rattles at home disagrees with Robbo that his sister runs away from her problems with their stepfather, but rather she nuns away to sort things out | © believes Richard Clayton Harwick has made the wrong decision by running away from his family ~ running does not solve his problems | © makes sensible comments on everybody’ plight after they have shared their | | @ has a bad temper | © dislikes being called ‘Priscilla’ hates to share her bedroom with Hetty, her stepsister © outspoken and rude — quarrels bitterly with her stepmother, Lucy, on the room arrangement, screams at everyone who gets in her way 4 demands that everyone should finish his or her story tries to get rid of Hetty from her bedroom by telling her ghost stories about Henriatta Forbes and by giving her ‘the silent treatment’ ® does not give up, goes all out to have her room back for herself |> has an interest in sports > uses many football phrases as analogies to describe the tumultuous relationship between his sister, Callie, and his stepfather, Roy, e.g. ‘stalemate’, ‘keep up | that pressure’ ‘push them hard’, ‘new season’, ‘fresh game” + le le leads the group into Richard Clayton Hanwick’s room while the rest follow him to accept their stepfather but to no avail ~ Callie ‘ides to move out and live with her real father © accepts his stepfather better than his sister ® not as stubborn as his sister in resisting their stepfather loyal to his father’s memories finds it hard to accept Mr. Coldstone in place of his father | accuses Charlotte, his sister, for betraying their father as she readily accepts Mr. Coldstone makes a big and difficult decision to ave his mother and Charlotte with [Brave / ie adventurous Mr. Coldstone as he cannot get along with his stepfather ® takes his chances and seelts his fortune by getting a job on a ship as a seaman, | midshipman and rises to become a captain Remorseful | % weeps after reading Charlotte’ leter and her predicament | feels guilty because Charlotte and his mother undergo a lot of suffering after | he has left them [_& questions whether his decision to leave is tight or wrong| Realist % stays with her mother despite having a stepfather in the howe SS ® accepts her stepfather in her life | © wants to start a happy life with her stepfather | & accepts fathers death due to fever ‘Smart | & marries Richard Devere, a prosperous man, although she does not love him © uses Richard’ fortune to keep up the search for her brother through their solicitors, Riddle and Flook | Resolute ___& publishes notices daily in every paper to try to track Richard, her brother | common background | © organises the trip | & brings sandwiches and drinks forthe five pupils to eat | Responsible | # chooses the five pupils for the eld trip to Old Harwick Hall based on their Characteristics Responsible ‘| & accompanies the pupils on the bus to Old Harwick Hall © carties a map for easy directions to Old Harwick Hall © gets the pupils to settle down when they reach the hall ® curious about the reason why the five pupils are selected for the trip