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Scout's Honor Character Analysis

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The Bravest Thing To Sometimes Do “Scout’s Honor” by Avi is a realistic fiction short story about 3 boys who are trying to make it to the next level in Boy Scouts. In the beginning, the 9 year old boys decide to leave New York and camp in New Jersey for the weekend without adult supervision. Later in the story the boys finally realize they were way over their heads. They were unprepared and too inexperienced to go camping so far from home. In the end, the boys make it back to New York. Before they split up to go to their own homes they admitted they weren’t as brave as each other and head home. Throughout the story, the boys struggle about what it means to be tough. In the beginning, the boys weren’t prepared for what they …show more content…

In paragraphs 66 to 116 They come across a bridge at a point in their journey that would take them to New Jersey but none of them are brave enough to cross it. The immerse bridge was covered in thick clouds, so thick, that it would be impossible for the boys to see the other side. Max suggests that they shouldn’t cross it. But the main character stood up and said “I’m going,” He said trying to look brave. He started on his own, but his bravery sank down every step. The walkway was narrow and when he looked down he saw only fog. Every step he could feel the bridge swaying, and the main character was convinced that the bridge was about to collapse. Then hope struck him “Maybe the other guys had chickened out, if they did, I could quit because of them.” He glanced back hoping the other didn’t follow, his heart sank, they were coming. When they finally made it to New Jersey, they realized that it was just like Brooklyn. They decide to set up camp in a park in New Jersey, but everywhere they looked there was garbage, so they try to set their tent somewhere with the least amount of garbage. This proves that the boys should have planned this out so they would be ready for what they

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