Amitej B.

Core 4
4/14/17

Literary Analysis of Protagonist from

“Everything Will be Okay”
In the story “Everything Will be Okay” by James Howe, the protagonist has to deal

with his mother and his brother who are trying to convince him to get rid of the terribly ill

cat that he brought home, but he wants to save the cat. Even though he is just a kid, I

admire him because he is Caring, he is Determined, and most of all, he is very Positive.

The first reason why I admire home is because he is caring. One example that

proves that he is Caring is that he picks up the extremely ill cat in the first place. He had

nothing to do with the cat but showed how much he cared by taking the cat home to

treat it.(Howe,1) Another example that shows how much he cares is that after he

brought the cat home, he says “Don’t worry Smoky. I won’t let anything happen to you, I

don’t care how sick you are.”(Howe, 2) This shows that he will protect Smoky, his cat as

much as he can.

Another reason why he is an admirable character is that he is Determined. He is very

determined to keep the cat. On page 2 he says “but that kitten is mine. I found it and it’s

going to be my pet.” (Howe, 2) This shows that he is determined to keep the cat

because he firmly tells his mom that it is his. He is also determined to save the cat

because he says, “My big brother will take you to Dr. Milk’s and give you shots and

medicine and stuff and you’ll get better, you’ll see. My big brother can fix anything.” This

shows he is determined because he really wants to save the cat.

 The final reason why I admire him is that he is positive. What shows that he is a

positive person is that he encourages the cat and tells it stuff like “everything will be

okay.” (Howe, 1) Later in the story, after his mom tells him the cat is already half gone,

he replies with, “ Then it’s half alive too.” This shows that he is positive because he

thinks of the cat as half alive not dead.

Not only me, but many others must be admiring the character from everything will

be okay because he cares, he is determined, and most of all, he is positive.