Seedfolks Character Traits

CURTIS: "I bought him (Royce) a brand new sleeping bag. I gave him money for food that week."

• Curtis is brave

• Curtis is careful

• Curtis is thoughtful

• Curtis is wealthy

ANA goes to the vacant lot to investigate: "I stooped down. It was wet there and easy digging. I hacked and dug, but I didn't find anything, except for the large white beans. I tried a new spot and found another, then a third. Then the truth of it slapped me full in the face. I said to myself, 'What have you done?' Two beans had roots. I knew I'd done them harm."

• Ana is amazed

• Ana is regretful

• Ana is bold

• Ana is powerful

KIM: Kim plants lima beans and wants her father to see them and be proud of her. She digs in the hardened ground and visits often to make sure that they grow. She cries because she never had the chance to know her father and wants to be recognized by him.

• Kim is angry and bold

• Kim is determined and proud

• Kim is educated and knowledgeable

• Kim is traditional and doubtful

A description of ROYCE: (from the Amir chapter) "In return, he watered for those who were sick and fixed fences. He always pretended he hadn't done it. It was always a surprise."

• Royce is dangerous

• Royce is careful

• Royce is thoughtful

• Royce is trusting

Sae Young was afraid of everyone and didn't leave her apartment for two months. What happened to make her feel that way? (pg. 46)

• her husband died

• she moved to America

• her dry cleaning shop was robbed and she was badly beaten

• she did not want to go to work

WENDELL: "There's plenty about life I can't change. Cant bring the dead back to life on this earth. Can't make the world loving and kind. Can't change myself into a millionaire. But a patch of ground in this trashy lot---I can change that. Change it big. Better put my time into that than moaning about the other all day."

• Wendell is motivated and hopeful

• Wendell is angry and mad

• Wendell is sad and disappointed

CURTIS: Curtis plants tomatoes to win the heart of a former girlfriend--Lateesha. Curtis planted outside the fence of the garden and some of his tomatoes are stolen. So he asks Royce, a teenager who is homeless, to keep watch over his plants. Curtis wants to make sure that nothing bad happens to his plants.

• Curtis is sorrowful

• Curtis is protective

• Curtis is angry

• Curtis is loving

VIRGIL: "That lettuce was like having a new baby in the family. And I was like its mother. I watered it in the morning if my father was still out driving."

• Virgil is dependent

• Virgil is silly

• Virgil is caring

KIM: "He would watch my beans break ground and spread, and would notice with pleasure their pods growing plump. He would see my patience and my hard work. I would show him that I was his daughter."

• Kim is sad

• Kim is determined

• Kim is impatient

KIM: "I never entered the lot before or wanted to. I did so now, picking my way between tires and trash bags. I nearly stepped on two rats and froze. Then I told myself that I must show my bravery."

• Kim is upset

• Kim is kind

• Kim is courageous

• Kim is thoughtless