Character Analysis: Whirligig By Paul Fleischman

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“We don’t grow when things are easy, we grow when we face challenges” (picturequotes.com). When people overcome challenges in the world they become a better person. They learn skills to help them in the future. This quote relates to Brent because without overcoming his challenges when making the whirligigs he would not be able to transform. In the book Whirligig by Paul Fleischman, he portrays that Brent faces many challenges in the making of the whirligigs which helps him to transform. Brent overcomes challenges that are made by himself. He is the hero taking the journey, but also the shadow because he fights with himself along the journey. He also faces physical challenges: “He cut his hand three different times and suspected that part