PWB: Character Reflection

Leah Price:
Leah is the most normal character out of all four of the Price girls, meaning she doesn't have any oustanding quirks or opinions that make her truly memorable. However, she is pretty observant, like when she says, "But that was our burden, because there was so much we needed to bring here" (19). As a result of this, I believe that her role will be to give readers the observations of someone "normal" so that their observations and opinions don't distract you too much from the events that are happening. Leah, being normal, can affect the story in so many ways that it is hard to tell if she will play a major role in the future.
Ruth May Price:
Ruth May is the youngest out of all the four Price girls, and her personality shows her age. She is very naive and gullible, which is because her age, like when Rex Minton was talking to her about Africa and said, "He said, I can talk native, listen here: Ugga bugga bugga lugga" (21). Because of this, her observations will be completely unopinionated, since she doesn't really have her own opinions to begin with. However, her observations will probably suffer from miscomprehensions, which might add humor to the events. So overall, I think her role is to provide pure observations, while adding humor through her misunderstandings of events that will occur. Because she lacks her own personality right now, I assume that she will slowly begin to develop her own personality.
Rachel Price:
Rachel is the oldest out of the Price girls. She comes off as being extremely stuck up and high maintenance, like in the beginning of the chapter where it said, "I could just feel the grit in my hair, which is so extremely fiar it is prone to get stained" (22-23). This quote not only shows that she is high maintenance, but that she is also deeply cares about her appearance and goes so far as to brag about it. She also hates Africa and wants to return home. As a result of her personality, she is extremely opinionated, almost an opposite to Ruth May. I believe her role will be the pessimist; her observations will all have a negative spin to them, since she doesn't like Africa to begin with. She also might cause trouble for the family since she is so high maintenance, but because of her personality now, it leaves room for her to mature from this experience.
Adah Price:
Adah is by far the most interesting of all the Price girls. Her personality is similar to that of a poet's; she is constantly using metaphors and similes to describe her own observations. She is also very observant, so she sees things that not everyone else can see. For example, she said, "But the way I see it through my Adah eyes it is a flat plank clipped into pieces, rectangles and trapezoids, by the skinny black-line shadows of tall palm trunks" (30). Because of her ability to see obscure details and her poetic personality, I believe Adah will probably serve as a fine tooth comb, which digs up the things that have been missed by the other girls. I can't see her doing much with the story, since at this point she can't truly express her thoughts so that she could affect the story.