Maria Characterization-Cameron

6 years of age. Maria Medoza is the daughter of a powerful Senator. El’ Patron appreciates contacts that allow him great power. He frequently invites Her father and her to the estate to ensure a strong relationship with a powerful Senator. Maria is always excited an energetic, like many children of her age group. When she first encountered Matt, she trundled right up to the window in Matt and Celia’s humble abode from which Matt gawked through and exclaimed “Hey boy” “What’s your name? Do you want to play? As the other children stood back in awe and watched a small boy wander about a small house, she was friendly and didn’t hold back. She isn’t shy, and like many in her age demographic, will speak her mind. In fact, Maria was the most active in freeing Matt from his small home in the poppy field. She was curious to see what this new boy would be like, would she make a new friend? Once Matt was settled in his new room in the dark, dank basement of the “Big House”, Maria snuck into his room at dusk and spent the night mesmerized by Matt’s stories and knowledge only to be caught in the morning by the house maids. Maria is willing to take risks for others who she loves just to be entertained or to make that specific person feel welcome or calm. Maria is the only child of the “Big House” who doesn’t see Matt as an animal, she sees him as another friend.This could be that she doesn’t understand what Matt is or simply doesn’t care. Personally, from what I’ve interpreted so far I know that for Maria, it doesn’t matter to her whether he is a clone or not. As the story develops I expect Maria to take a leadership role in protecting Matt, a friend from danger or suffering. This is due to Maria’s caring nature and affection that she displayed for Matt when they first met and when he was alone in the basement. Thus far in the novel, Maria is somewhat of a round character type. She has a developing personality and is starting to stand out as the one of the few characters who appreciate Matt as a human being. Maria truly is a lot more than a typical girl of 6 and has a deep personality as a caring, loving girl who has the curiosity of a child and a heart larger then the poppy fields she frolics in.