The author uses different character traits to describe Joe-Boy and Vinny in the story” The Ravine”.Joe-boy was mean to Vinny because he said “Hey Vinny you might touch the dead boys head in the water”. Also Vinny is friendly because he was not meen to anyone.

Vinny and Joe-Boy have many differences Joe- Boy has a girlfriend and Vinny does not.Vinny is scared to jump off the fifty foot cliff and Joe boy is not afraid to jump.Vinny does not believe in the legend and Joe-Boy does believe in the legend. Also Vinny does not fight back when Joe-Boy makes fun of him and when he be ing me to him.

There many similarities between Joe-Boy and Vinny, Vinny and Joe-Boy are both fifteen years old,they are both teenage boys they