Akeelah and the Bee

Characters
1. Akeelah Anderson y

Ratings
Diffident

Remarks
y She is a diffident student, not confident enough to join the spelling bee. y Dr. Larabee and Tanya helped her not to be diffident and not to let anything get in her way. y He is a highly motivated person. y Being a motivated person, he helped Akeelah overcome her fear.

2. Dr. Joshua Larabee

Motivated

3. Dylan

Brilliant

y y

Dylan is a brilliant competitor of Akeelah. Akeelah and Dylan are one of the brilliant students who won the spelling bee.

4. Javier Mendez

Humorous

Valencerina, Cheryl Jhette 9:30-10:30 TThs January 19,2012

5. Tanya

Protective

Javier makes Akeelah smile all the time because of her humorous personality. His humorous personality made Akeelah successful in the spelling bee. Tanya, the mother of Akeelah, was a protective mother because he forbids Akeelah not to join the bee because he went to Woodland alone. The incident of her mother being protective causes her to decide not to let Akeelah join the spellin bee.