The Ravine Vinny Analysis

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Have you ever been afraid to listen to your gut because of something your friends said? In the story “The Ravine”, Vinny and Joe-Boy are 15year old, non-haole boys. They are best friends. They’re going to the ravine to jump off of a cliff and swim. Two weeks and one day before their visit, a boy died jumping from the same cliff.Vinny and Joe-Boy are similar in many ways, but don’t have a lot in common. On page seven of “The Ravine”, Vinny clearly stated that he thought he was weak because he couldn't say no to his friends. On page seven, Vinny also felt distraught, he didn't want to go to the ravine because of the dead boy, but he didn't want to disappoint his friends. Lastly, on page ten, Vinny was making his way up to the fifty foot cliff