Character Analysis: The Penguin Whisperer

Two scientists are trapped in freezing temperatures, and no one can save them, how will they survive? Candace Mooney is a scientist who takes her job quite seriously and is hot-tempered, on the other hand, her partner, Dejario Reynas has a playful and calm personality. The Research lab they work at contains penguins, midway through the story these two characters get stuck inside the PRL room having to survive with cold weather. The author of “The Penguin Whisperer”, Guy Stewart displays Dejario and Candance’s characteristics throughout the story, with Dejario’s playful and calm characteristics showing and Candace’s serious and hot–tempered characteristics showing. To begin with, one event showing Dejario's playful character, was when he was alone in the PRL rooms and was playing with the penguins instead of observing them. Based on the text, “Dejario Reynas had a penguin in his

“The intercom clicked off. “Mom? Mom!” Candace said, but the intercom stayed silent. She banged it with her fists in frustration and then backed away as sparks flew out and sizzled.” (Stewart 21). This text tells us that, Candace is quite worried about the situation, and her banging on the door shows the readers how furious she is. On the other hand, Dejario stays calm and the author shows that by explaining, “He took a deep breath, letting it out slowly in a gelid cloud. After a thoughtful moment he said, “You ever make dough?”(Stewart 22). He then goes on to explain how kneading dough/making it is similar to penguins huddling up. It can be stated that Dejario is keeping his head cool and he even thought of a way to explain it better to Candace so she can calm down. In brief, Candace was being quite hot-tempered and a bit stressed out but Dejario stayed calm and thought of a good idea to save each