For this assignment i researched three books to see what bears look like. I had no idea on what a bear skull looked like and how their body was constructed.
1 "The Bears of Yellowstone" by Paul Schullery
2 "Bear in Their World" by Erwin Bauer
3 "The World of the Black Bear" by Joe Van Wormer
Name:Kyle McDaniel
Most Likely to say: "what the.."
1. Name?
Kenya
2. Sex?
Male
Birthday (month/day/year) and birthplace?
Feb. 19, 1988. Unknown Iceberg (He's a brown bear)
5. Hair color
Dark Brown
Eye color?
Dark Brown
Height?
8 feet 5 inches standing up. 6 on four's
weight
954lbs
6. Voice quality, style of speech, favorite expressions?
Medium to Low voice. Some Pidgin and chipmunk.
7. Distinguishing characteristics or gestures (bites nails, limps...)?
Bites nails, claws stuff
8. Style of dress? Favorite clothes?
Does not wear anything, besides a pair of copper goggles.
9. Educational background? Worst and best subjects? Favorite subject?
Learns things through travel. Hates math. Art is his favorite subject.
10. Employment history?
was in the fishing industry.
11. Career goals?
To find where he belongs
12. Are parents living? If no, when did they die and how?
Does not know what happened to parents. Raised by penguins and chipmunks.
15. How does the character get along with the family?
He does not know why he cant fit in like everyone else.
16. General health?
Fat, Overweight
17. Personality type? Mental state? Basic nature?
Very Curious. Not really smart. Mentally Stable, but is enraged by some things.
18. Temperament? Emotional state?
Short-tempered. Sad because he cant seem to find friends and family.
19. Handicaps, fears, inhibitions?
Scared of rabbits
20. What does the character like to play?
Wrestling and Paddling
21. What does the character like to read? Do they read whole book or skip around?
22. Where do they go on vacation?
23. Favorite place? Hideouts?
None
24. What do they do after work/school and on Saturday?
n/a
25. What is one thing they really like?
Sleeping and cooling off in small rivers.
26. What section of the newspaper do they read first?
Weather if he could read. Hates getting caught in the rain
27. Have they ever had any pets? Explain.
Had a pet squirrel that he sat on.
28. What makes the character laugh?
The small things in life. Curiosity
29. Who are the people who help the character? Who are their friends? Why?
A mongoose helps him. The mongoose is always getting picked on in the world and needs Kenya as a bodyguard. So in a way the mongoose is just using him.
30. Who are the people who get in the character's way? What are the relationships with these people?
A Red-Tailed Hawk. Kenya accidentally smashed the hawk's eggs when he was drunk.
31. What is important to the character? Ambitions? Dreams? Why?
He wants to find a place that he will fit in. He loves art but everyone sees this as being sort of weird. Bear's are usually ferocious beasts.
32. What kinds of things bother the character? Pet peeves?
People and animals mistaking him as a Grizzly Bear. He is a Brown Bear which are coastal bears. Grizzly Bears are mountainous. Kenya also hates it when people drink coffee and exhale loudly after each sip. ("Sip"+"awwwwww")= (Slash to the throat)
33. How does the character perceive life?
It's weird but interesting.
34. How does the character perceive himself?
Does not really care. Everyone is intimidated by the way he looks.
35. Who are the characters heroes? Who do they look up to?
Glen Keane
36. Does the character have any romantic interests? Sexual experience?
Nope
37. What kind of car do they drive or would like to drive?
A Dodge Charger
38. How is the character seen by others?
A dumb-ass. Plain and Simple
39. What makes this character different from anyone else?
Compassionate. Does not know the forest like everyone else.
40. Will the audience like or dislike the character? Will they remember the character?
They audience will like the character. They will remember the character because he has a gentle side, and does stupid things.
41. What is the character proud of?
His Claws
42. What is the character embarrassed about?
His small tail
43. What was the characters biggest thrill?
Getting from the Arctic to Canada.
44. What was their biggest disappointment?
Smashing his best friend
45. What are the character's pastimes and hobbies?
Sleeping, Listening to Music, Fishing
46. What is the character's favorite: color, music, book, movie, TV show, food, ice cream flavor, drink, person, character (TV, book, movie...), game, place, subject, magazine, animal, cereal, joke, music group...?
color-red
music-reggae
book-does not read
movie-Rambo
TV Show-Soko Ga Shiritai
Food-Steak
Ice Cream Flavor-Cookies and Cream
Drink-Sprite
Person-Glen Keane or David Coleman
character-Ren from Ren and Stimpy
Game-Wrestling?
Place-Arctic
Subject-Art
47. Look at the list in #46. What are the character's least favorites? Dislikes?
The Drink and TV show
48. Write one sentence that describes this character.
A bear willing to discover new things even though he gets hurt.
49. In this story what does the character want? Will he get it? how?
The character wants to find a place where he feels at home. He will eventually find a....
50. In this story what is the character's biggest problem? How will it get worse? How will it be resolved?
Humans hunting him and that red-tailed hawk attacking him.
