A character sketch of MARGIE from the story "the fun they had"
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Margie Jones is an eleven-year-old girl (p. 5, l. 15) living in 2155. Except for this information, nothing much is revealed about the girl’s outer characterization. We also know that she is homeschooled by a mechanical teacher and that she has a friend named Tommy.
Inner characterizationMargie’s inner characterization is revealed through her actions and her attitude towards school in her time and the past.
The fact that Margie has a diary in which she writes about finding a ‘real book’ (p. 5, l. 2) indicates the event had a strong impact on her. From her conversation with Tommy about the book and school in the past, Margie comes across as naive, having little knowledge about the way school was in the past, and very mistrustful.
In "The Fun They Had", Margie is 11 years old, a little girl who lives in the 21st century has a habit of writing diary entry daily. Margie is taught at home by a mechanical teacher and she hates her mechanical teacher and school. From her brother, Tommy, she will's to know about the old day school and the teachers in that school. From her conversation with Tommy she comes to know that earlier there were specialized building known as schools and were taught by human beings in a form of teacher. Through this conversation, we come to know Margie as naive and having little knowledge about the schools.