CHARACTER ANALYSIS Robert Billings

CHARACTER ANALYSIS – Robert Billings

WEDNESDAY: Bullet point answers to the following questions. The answers will be handed in at the end of this period for review and feed-forward comment.

THURSDAY: Sheets handed back, feed-forward discussed and incorporated into your responses where applicable. Answers used to create Expert Character Analysis

MONDAY: Group presents Expert Character Analysis. The information below will be presented on butcher paper and explained to the class in a 5 – 10 minute presentation.

ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP MUST TAKE PART IN THE PRESENTATION

WHO IS HE?

1. What is Robert’s role at Gordon High? Comment on two relationships that Robert has with other characters. Explain their significance in the novel

2. How do others see Robert? Provide quotes from the text to support your findings

3. How do you see Robert? Consider what personal attitudes, values and circumstances led to Robert’s involvement in The Wave. THE WAVE

1. How does Robert’s appearance change over his involvement with The Wave? What does this signify? Provide evidence from the text to support your answer

2. What is the reaction to the change in Robert? Do these reactions differ? (Chapter 7) Provide evidence from the text to support your answer

3. How do you think Robert views Mr Ross? How does this attitude change over the course of the novel? Provide evidence from the text to support your answers

4. In what ways did membership of The Wave improve Robert? What was he like before The Wave? What was he like when The Wave was at its peak? (Chapter 11) 5. Why was Robert so upset at the final rally of The Wave?