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9th Grade Final Exam – characters for monologue

** (Note: these are the relatively major characters from all the works we have read. You are welcome to choose a minor character and develop his or her perspective. Please ask before choosing someone not on the list.) **

If you have your heart set on a character chosen by someone in another class, talk to me - I am flexible. However, two people in the same class may not choose the same character under any circumstances.

** I. **** poetry ** ** 1. **** Walt Whitman (or narrator) / worker from "I Hear America Singing" ** ** 4. **** recipient of “Shall I compare thee. . .” ** ** 7. **** “Stopping by woods” ** ** horse or driver ** ** 8. **** “Inheritance” or “Self Portrait” speaker or family members **
 * 2. Albatross woman **
 * 3. athlete dying young **
 * 5. recipient of “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun . . .” **
 * 6. “Song in the front yard” child **

** II. **** short stories ** ** 9. **** “Two Words” ** ** Coronel, Belisa or ** ** el Mulato ** ** 10. **** “The South” protagonist or killer ** ** 11. **** “Night Face Up” motorcycle rider, ** ** Aztec priest ** ** 12. **** “Continuity of Parks” killer, lover, reader ** ** 13. **** “Enormous Wings” ** ** angel, Elisenda, Pelayo, child, spider girl ** ** 14. **** “The Red Stockings” ** ** Ildara, Tio Clodio **

** III. **** Odyssey ** ** 15. **** Penelope ** ** 16. **** Telemachus ** ** 17. **** Athena ** ** 22. **** Circe ** ** 23. **** Antinous ** ** 24. **** Laertes **
 * 18. Hermes **
 * 19. Odysseus **
 * 20. Calypso **
 * 21. Zeus **
 * 25. Tiresias **
 * 26. Poseidon **
 * 27. Scylla **
 * 28. Argos (the dog) **
 * 29. Polythemus (Cyclops) **

** IV. **** FTKMF ** ** 30. **** Loung ** ** 31. **** Ma ** ** 32. **** Pa ** ** 36. **** Khouy ** ** 37. **** Meng **
 * 33. Kim x 2 **
 * 34. Chou **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;">35. Geak **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;">38. Keav **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;">39. Pol Pot x 2 **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;">40. Met Bong **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;">41. Uncle Leang or Heang **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;">42. Loung's cat in Phnom Penh **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-size: 120%; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;">43. Angry crowd member from execution scene near end of book **