The Characters:

1. Eddie - A teenaged boy who is

confused as to why his older sister is
always mean and hateful towards him.

2. Delia Eddie's older sister.

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Delia was 8 years old when Eddie was born.

3 . Berto – family member

4. The father - A loving father who

only wanted what's best for his son and daughter.
•In another flashback, Eddie recalls
something that happened between
him and his sister back when they
were a bit younger. Eddie accidentally
broke the leg of his siter's playdoll as
well as destroy her playhouse.

•This made Delia very angry. She

started beating Eddie with a tree
sapling. But then suddenly, she
stiffened and collapsed to the floor
with forth forming around her mouth.
She was taken to a nearby hospital.
 When she returned home, she
is more meaner than ever
towards her younger brother.
She did everything to destroy
things that Eddie liked. She
had Eddie's pet monkey killed
by Berto because the monkey
snickered at her. She told
their father that Eddie's pet
pigeons stink so Eddie had to
give them away. Eddie didn't
complain because he knew that
everything had to be done to
keep his sister calm and quiet.
Making her unhappy might make
her heart illness rear its ugly
head.
On his way back home, Eddie finds
Berto splitting wood. Berto shows him
a centipede that he pinned to the
ground with a small stick. The
centipede is still alive. Eddie picks
up another stick and sticks in into
the body of the centipede until he
thinks it's dead. He picks up the
centipede and wraps it inside a
handkerchief.