Character Description

Author’s Note: This piece of writing is to show my understanding of how I can describe a character from a novel. The character I’m going to describe is Marisa. She is the main character in the book waiting for you.

Marisa is a shy, smart, low self esteemed person. You could say that she is like a star that doesn’t shine because she is a very talented girl but she doesn’t like to prove it. Marisa thinks that to be popular and for people to know her she needs a boy friend. All she wants is to be in a relationship which everyone knows about. Marisa wants to just fit in with the popular people. She wants to be pretty with long wavy blonde hair. But this will never happen if she continues talking to only her two close friends. She needs to move on and try new things. But she is taking an art class and the guy she likes sits next to her. All of a sudden all she can think about is Derek. Can’t sleep at night, can’t stay focused in school and can’t stop thinking about him. Could this be a sign of true love? Could this be the one that she has been waiting for? But she will only find out if she builds up the nerve to talk to him.

Marisa is a straight A student. She tries her best to get good grades because she thinks that her job is the only thing she is going to have to look forward to when she gets older. But there is more, or at least in my opinion. Things that you have to look forward to in the future are meeting a person you want to spend the rest of your life with, starting a family and maybe even being a huge success with your job.

One of the reasons why I think Marisa wants to be in a relationship is because she doesn’t think that she is a pretty and athletic girl. Marisa has brownish blonde hair, glasses, and blue eyes. But not the best sense in her style choices. Dark washed jeans and a different color t-shirt every day. She probably wants her boy friend to tell her how pretty she is, how she is good at sports, and that she is a very smart girl. The only people that tell her this are her parents and they are pretty much obligated to say those things to her. Over all I think that Marisa is a beautiful, amazing and independent person. But she needs to come out of her shell and show her true colors.