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So far in my book, my chapters switches from main character Jefferson, to the other character Donna. Jefferson is a courageous and outgoing on the outside, just is scared and trimmed on the inside. But, he only shows himself like this because he has a crush on Donna. Jefferson is the leader of the tribe. He leads them to the best of his abilities. For example, when the clan arrive at Grand Central, a trading grounds for food, guns, ammo, and lectures for a person like book and cloths. To get the tribe more money to get food and ammo, Jefferson enters a fight. He gets the snot beaten out of him for the better of the tribe. It says, " He head-butts me, and I turn my face just to avoid getting my nose broken, with the result that he hits me on my left eyebrow. I feel the skin split open, and blood start to trickle down into my eyes"(184). Jefferson, although he takes a few good shots, he beats this kid. What he does with his money, he goes and buys what the tribe needs, not what he wants. He wanted a new gun for himself, but he saw how they were struggling, so he gave up the gun, and bought food, water, and ammo for everyone else. Jefferson shows us how a leader should lead, and how to put others in front of himself . He has grown from the kid in the beginning, who's brother was the leader, and he was the kid in the corner, to the leader of a tribe. The other main character in the book is Donna. She was the town nurse when the tribe was still at 'The Village'. But now that they are gone, she is the caring person in the group. She feels that everything should be good in there lives. She takes everything one step at a time. She is pure innocents. For example, after the fight, this little kid they met named Ratso showed them to the only bar left in Manhatten still up and running. Another kid in the tribe by the name of Peter likes to drink, so he buys everyone a round. Being Donna, she has never drinker before. So, when Peter comes back with martins for everyone, she tried it. She said, " Gross. Is this what it's support to be like?"(191). Donna had no idea what this drink is support to taste like. But, when she tried it, because she always wants to try new things, she ends up hating it. She has grown from a girl who wanted to stay in her room all day and read, to a girl who never wants to be locked up again in her room.