Zusammenfassung der Ressource
One for the Murphy's
- Setting
- Time-
This story
takes
place in
modern
time
- Place/Location-
This story takes
place mostly in
the Murphy's
house
- The story
also happens
at Toni's
house, at
school, and at
the hospital
- Main Characters
- Carley Conners
- Thick Skin- Carley was
taught by her mother
that crying was for weak
people, so she has
learned to not be affected
by things that would
cause some people to cry
- Shy- Carley
doesn't like to
open up to
people about
herself or talk
about her past
- Mrs. Murphy
- Loving- Mrs.
Murphy never
gets mad at
Carley when
she makes
mistakes and
loves Carley like
she is her own
daughter
- Family
Oriented-Mrs.
Murphy
always puts
her family
before
herself and
makes sure
make them
happy
- Supporting Characters
- Daniel Murphy
- Uncooperative-
Daniel does not
want to cooperate
when Carley
comes into his
home
- Michael Eric Murphy
- Creative- Michael
Eric likes to play
imaginary games
like superheros
- Adam Murphy
- Playful- Adam
likes playing with
toy cars and
playing things
like superheros
- Mr. Murphy
- Cooperative- At
first Mr. Murphy is
not fully wanting
Carley, but agrees
to let her come
anyway
- Toni Byars
- Musical- Toni is in
love with broadway
musicals and that
is one of her
favorite things
- Dennis
- Abusive- Dennis
is Carley's
step-dad and he
abuses Carley
and her mom
- Carley's Mom
- Unreliable-
Carley's mom is
not reliable in the
fact that
sometimes she
hates Carley and
sometimes she
loves Carley
- Theme
- Everything
happens for a
reason
- I know this is the theme
because at first Carley thought
she would hate going to a foster
home and get nothing form it,
she ended up learning more
about herself and who she is
- Conflicts
- The main conflict is
that Carley doesn't
want to leave the
Murphy's to go with
her mother
- The minor conflict
is that Carley does
not want to
become attached
to the Murphy's