Character Profile
Name: Eva Benitez (book name is Maria Reyes)
Physical Description: Dark olive skin (Latina), dark brown short curly hair, scars on her hands and one on her neck (knife brawls), dark coloured clothes such as blacks, greens and deep blues and purples.
Relationships: The people in her gang were her family and the only people she trusted enough to have a relationship/friendship with.
Likes/Dislikes: Eva hates any race apart from her own (Latina). She doesn't look at let alone talk to anyone from any other cultures and hates the police for taking her father away from her when she was younger.
Qualities, Skills and Abilities: When Eva was very young she was trained to be able to fight her own battles and how to defend herself. She has always taken care of herself so having the skills to fight off anyone who threatened her was very valuable.
How do other characters see him/her? Eva is a teenager who is misguided, complicated and filled with anger displaying several different emotions throughout the movie and book. Emotions ranging from sorrowful to upbeat at times.
What motivates him/her? Her father was arrested in front of her eyes when she was just 5 years old for a crime she believed he didn't commit. On her first day of school she saw guy get shot in front of her eyes while waiting to go to her first day of school. I guess these feelings always come rushing back to her whenever she is angry or hurt.
What are their flaws? Eva doesn't know how to calm down. When she get's angry she get's really angry and fights other people all the time.
What do you remember most clearly about the character? I remember Eva as a really mean and tough looking girl, but then I remember after she finally stood up for herself she looks less tough and less can and more scared of what might happen to her.
Physical Description: Dark olive skin (Latina), dark brown short curly hair, scars on her hands and one on her neck (knife brawls), dark coloured clothes such as blacks, greens and deep blues and purples.
Relationships: The people in her gang were her family and the only people she trusted enough to have a relationship/friendship with.
Likes/Dislikes: Eva hates any race apart from her own (Latina). She doesn't look at let alone talk to anyone from any other cultures and hates the police for taking her father away from her when she was younger.
Qualities, Skills and Abilities: When Eva was very young she was trained to be able to fight her own battles and how to defend herself. She has always taken care of herself so having the skills to fight off anyone who threatened her was very valuable.
How do other characters see him/her? Eva is a teenager who is misguided, complicated and filled with anger displaying several different emotions throughout the movie and book. Emotions ranging from sorrowful to upbeat at times.
What motivates him/her? Her father was arrested in front of her eyes when she was just 5 years old for a crime she believed he didn't commit. On her first day of school she saw guy get shot in front of her eyes while waiting to go to her first day of school. I guess these feelings always come rushing back to her whenever she is angry or hurt.
What are their flaws? Eva doesn't know how to calm down. When she get's angry she get's really angry and fights other people all the time.
What do you remember most clearly about the character? I remember Eva as a really mean and tough looking girl, but then I remember after she finally stood up for herself she looks less tough and less can and more scared of what might happen to her.