'The Green Glass Sea' Ellen Klages 10.03.16

Prompt:You are a director of the movie version of The Green Glass Sea. Who would you cast family-wise as the protagonist, antagonist, and a minor character? Why? What does the author do to make you think of the person as the characters in the book? Do they act the same? Do they act different?


The first person that will be evaluated is the protagonist whose name is Dewey Kerrigan. As Ellen Klages describes Dewey, I imagine Dewey as my little sister Juliet. The author describes Dewey as, "small for her age, thin and wiry, with dark, unruly hair and big front teeth...her eyes are large and gray-green..." Although my sister does not have big front teeth or large gray-green eyes, my sister does match the rest of the description.

 My sister does not act as mature as Dewey does throughout the book, and she is not as interested in science as the protagonist. One thing Dewey and my sister do have in common is, they are both interested in building things. Juliet is constantly wanting to build science experiments to see chemical reactions. They are also both very intelligent for their age, and take interest in topics that are above their age level. 

As the antagonist, I would cast my cousin Shelby as the role. The author describes Suze, the antagonist, as "a stocky child with cinnamon-brown eyes...tall as most of the boys...a good runner and strong..." with blonde hair. I compare Suze and Shelby because of their physical attributes  are similar to each other. Shelby has blonde hair, is tall and has the same cinnamon-brown eyes as Suze. Shelby is also athletic is and from what I have seen, strong. Shelby doesn't act snobby or rude to people like Suze does. Shelby is little more like Dewey, because they are both on the shy side. Shelby is also not stocky, but has a more lean and wiry built. Shelby and Suze also share the 

For the minor characters, I would cast my cousins Omar and Matthew as Charlie and Jack. Charlie and Jack are, what seems to be Dewey's only friends. Charlie and Jack are brothers, like my cousins, and they are both hands on. The author describes Charlie and Jack as, "brothers had reddish blond crewcuts and freckles. Charlie was a half a head taller...they carried a long piece of lumber, dropping it onto a pile by their bikes..." Unlike the other characters and 'cast members', my cousins are practically the opposite in physical appearance to their book personas. Juice (Omar) , and Matthew have dark brown hair, with brown eyes and tanned skin, with no freckles. 

The comparison between the four boys is their activities. Charlie and Jack like to keep themselves bsuy with physical labor like building their treehouse, which is the reason for them hauling lumber in the abvoe quote. As sons of an architect, my cousins like to build structures out of wood and are all for physical entertainment like playing sports. One of the most obvious differences between the four males is their physical appearances. 

A difference for all of the characters and 'cast members' is their age and location. While the cast member's ages are very close, their birth years are nearly 60 years apart! As well as their location, 2/4 cast members live in Illinois, while the other half reside in Texas.