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Analysis Of Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie

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Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie Major Characters- Physical Description, Personality, Key Facts (in no particular order) Scott is short, smart and pretty witty, he’s essentially the narrator of the book. He has an older brother and a soon to be born baby brother whom he’s writing a high school “survival guide” of sorts to. Throughout the book we follow this book lover through is first year at J.P. Zenger High. Also, he’s a red head (learned at the very end). Lee comes off as a scary Goth girl (or some other alternative subculture) at first with her piercings and dyed hair but, in reality she’s just as witty and in to literature as Scott, who she befriends. She was bullied earlier in the book, but she took those words and owned them when she made a tee shirt with the words “Freaky B___ch” on it (a shirt that obviously didn’t last long in school), the same words written on her locker. Julia is Scott’s love interest for most of the book. She has short, dark brown, highlighted hair, wears a bit of makeup and has contacts. She does theatre which prompted Scott to sign up and also Vernon (her boyfriend), Wesley is also a new friend Scott gains and is an upperclassmen (not a freshmen). He’s strong and intimidating even keeping Vernon from beating up Scott at one point. He started out as a bit of a bully, but is surprisingly much friendlier than expected. Major Events- List of 10 (in no particular order, to be frank I forget the exact order and didn’t use sticky notes like I usually would, so the order of events is probably off) Scott’s First Day Scotts’ first day is an important event since it’s his first introduction to high school, and we simply get to follow him through the experience. This in a sense is the start of the book when it comes to the ongoing events we see throughout. His crush on Julia, him learning he’s going to have baby brother and the start of his diary journaling. All of this starts on the first day, making it an important event. Scott Learning his Mom is Pregnant In the second chapter, Scott during his first day learns he’s going to have a baby brother. While this can go along with the first day being important, this is still an important event on

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