Character Assessment Assignment:

Parent Woodpecker’s name: Roger
Baby Woodpecker’s name: Roger Jr.

Backstory:

      Roger was the youngest of two. Being the baby brother, he was pestered by his elder sister a lot, though when they had both left the nest, Roger had to learn to grow up fast. The first thing Roger had to do was build a nest. Luckily for him, Roger was very good with his beak. He found the task easy since he always played with the twigs in nest when young. Once he had built the nest, he found himself confronted with saving another one of his kind against a cat climbing a nearby tree. At first hesitant to do anything, Roger quickly drew up the courage to flutter across to the other tree and save the other woodpecker by peck at the cat’s nose.

       With his success, Roger found himself settling down in his new-made nest with the woodpecker Virginia. They had 3 children together: Virginia Jr., Peckers, and Roger Jr.. Having experience training the other two offspring without any trouble whatsoever, Roger assumed it was going to be relatively the same.

       However, he was wrong. Roger Jr. was not what he expected—quite the opposite in fact of his own personality. Nevertheless, Roger loved his son and he was ready to teach his son the ways of the woodpecker-world—even if it meant a rigorous test of his own patience.

Roger’s character aspects:
Willful
Stoic
Quiet
Dry
Sarcastic
Father
Caring
Responsible
Tactical
Impulsive
Feisty
Patient
Intelligent
Opportunists
Loving
Loyal
Curious
Roger Jr.’s character aspects:
Determined
Energetic
Hyperactive
Awkward
Humorous
Absent-minded
Annoying
Naïve
Impulsive
Spontaneous
Loving
Petite
Curious

Toll Booth scenario:

       It’s amazing in the first place that Roger would be able to drive a car since he’s a typical woodpecker. Nevertheless, he pulls up to the automated toll booth with no money while another car behind him is honking.

       The very noise makes Roger jump and shrivel. As the honking continues longer, Roger starts searching around in the car, hopping from seat to seat, frantically searching for the source of the annoying sound. Without a moment’s notice, the honking ceases. The silence makes Roger pause. He slowly glances around, anticipating if he were to hear the noise again. After a good long moment of silence, Roger retracts back in relief, beginning to fluff up his feathers. As he flutters, he notices that someone is approaching the car.

       Freezing instantly, Roger watches without any movement as the driver from the other car starts pounding on the windows with their fists while also shouting profanities. Roger in response decides to hop on over to the driver’s seat, observing how the other driver could not enter the car. It was as if there was some invisible force field protecting woodpecker.

       Curious about the phenomenon, Roger starts pecking at the glass window of the driver’s seat, trying to learn the secrets of this invisible wall. His pecking however seemed to have made the other driver cease for a second, but then start pounding again.

       Flinching again from the pounding, Roger quickly tries to fly away from the window, but he found himself flying into the center of the driving-wheel, resulting in the car itself to honk. This made Roger hesitate. He took a moment to perch on top of the wheel and inch his beak down toward the center. Rearing himself back, he pecked as hard as he could against the wheel.
The car released a loud honk.

       Roger ruffled in excitement for he had discovered the source of the honking. He pecked at it again, resulting in another honk. Soon enough, Roger began to peck the wheel repeatedly.

       HONK! HONK! HONK!

       As Roger began his honking-spree, he noticed that this very noise seemed to have driven the frustrated driver away. Because of this, Roger found himself growing fond of this particular noise. He kept pecking away.

       HONK! HONK! HONK!