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Dirk The Protector Character Analysis

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In the text “Dirk the Protector” by Gary Paulsen the theme is no matter what, one way or another you will find a best friend. For example, in the text it states, “He followed me. Not close about eight feet back.” This shows that since Gary already gave Dirk his hamburger, Dirk thought that Gary would have more food and that maybe if he follows a human life wouldn’t be as rough. Another example from the text is, “I thought I’d probably never see him again but when I came out of school he was there.” Dirk is actually pleased by Gary and Dirk doesn’t want to leave Gary by himself just in case Happy and his gang try to beat him up again. Finally, in the text it states, “I woke up and found Dirk under the basement stairs.” This demonstrates that

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