Gordy Character Analysis Essay

The character I`m going to discuss is Gordy. One trait Gordy has is he is funny. An example of this is when Gordy met Arnold he said on page 97 “you should get a boner! You have to get a boner”. He is talking about how books should give him a metaphorical boner just how he relates boner to books is funny. Also he purposely chooses to use the word boner cause it’s funnier “Boner is funnier. And more joyful.” He puts a playful spin to everything he says making everything a little more humorous. Another example where he does this is when he Arnold and him are at the computer lab as he walks in he says on page 131 “Is that somebody’s posterior?” he says posterior instead of butt is a funny because they are talking about someone’s bottom and he uses a complex word. Furthermore, teenagers usually use short, quick words however the way he says it makes him sound

That’s what happens.” The teacher is asking Gordy if Arnold is right shows he is smart also how Mr. Dodge doesn’t double check and moves on shows that Gordy knows what he is talking about maybe even more then the teachers do. Arnold even agrees with this on page 93 “God, this kid was an eighty -year-old literature professor trapped in the body of a fifteen-year-old farm boy” Arnold calling him a professor shows he has to be pretty smart. He is also like a human dictionary like when he defines tautology to Arnold on page 93 “A tautology is a repetition of the same sense in different words,” the average high school student would stick to using simple words, however that’s not the case with Gordy he uses an array of words this shows his intelligence. Through out the book you can tell he is smart because of the way he talks and is knowledge about a variety of things and his love for books “There are three thousand four hundred and twelve books here” Gordy said. “ I know because I counted them” all show how intelligent he