Stock Characters (Modern Family)

          My stereotypical character isn't all that minor but she isn't the protagonist either, she shares her part equally with the rest of the cast throwing in her Colombian flare whenever it's needed. So I chose a woman named Gloria who is very loud, feisty and centered on family. I can't fit all of this into one video but I did manage to find one that shows off the loud/feisty part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYuSvPWxaZw  Some other aspects of Gloria's personality is her love for her huge family, (Gloria's happy to name of all 29 of her cousins and is proud of each of them even the ones that steal cars) and her passion for love and life, (She's always encouraging others to step out of their box and live more freely.)
          So other then Gloria I did think of a few good stock characters, I just couldn't find videos for them. The first are Ace and Linton who are probably some of the most stereotypically black people I've seen. They're part of the TV series Skins and are the brothers of one of the main characters Jal. Ace and Linton spend their time with their friend in their room trying to become big time rappers and speaking in some gangster language that's impossible to understand. The thing is they're supposed to be a joke it's more the writers mocking that stereotype because both of them come from a wealthy family and really have no hardships in front of them, just two black guys wishing they came from the ghettos.
        
        

Mood (The Absolutley True Diary of a Part-Time Indian)

          The book that I'm reading at the moment is a diary written by an aboriginal kid living in a reservation, so most of the mood revolves around his thoughts and feelings. The boy writing this story, (Junior,) really depicts innocence and optimism so I'd say that the mood is positive but with a lot of underlying tension. He's aware of the bad stuff going on in his life like, him being born with a brain issue or his family being poor but he's come to terms with most of it and can deal with the consequences relativly well by adding an upside to the negative.
          "And hey, in a wierd way, being hungry makes food taste better."
          He also sees the potential in everybody even if they don't look like much. In his mind his mom could be a stylish teacher and his dad a great jazz mucisian even though they spend the majority of their time drunk or watching sports.
          "She can recite whole pages by memory. She's a human tape recorder."
          "And he sounds good. Like a pro. Like he should be on the radio."
          Junior believes that if someone had listened to their dreams they could have been something truely great.

Alexie, Sherman, and Ellen Forney. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. New
          York:Little, Brown, 2007. Print.