Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Major Character #4 - Kimberley Kozak

Background and Family
  • Intends to enroll at Ripon College, accepted in the winter, would like to major in physics
  • Partially modeled after the character Lindsay Weir from Freaks and Geeks
  • From a working class family that lives in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Kenosha
  • Father works at Kohl's (supermarket)
  • Mother works in insurance
  • Has a younger brother who is adopted from South Korea
  • Her family hosts Masumi, an exchange student at Tremper, for one month

Relationship with Major Characters #1 and #2

  • Has been neighbors with major character #1 since childhood
  • Thinks major character #2 is too self-absorbed
  • Thinks major character #1 has more potential than as an assembly line worker at AMC
  • Thinks major character #2 is not realistic in his career dreams
  • Always encourages major character #1 to find a better life
  • Has no romantic interests in either characters

Motivation

  • Wants to study science at Ripon College
  • Postpones her social life at high school for one at college
  • Has perhaps an unrealistic vision of life in college, such as being surrounded by deep-thinking open-minded scholars
  • Wants to travel the world

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