In "Star-Crossed," the characters remind us of classic story types, like the hero, the bully, and the friend. Reid is like a brave hero trying to stand up for himself, while Austin acts like a bully who picks on others. Alyssa is a strong friend who defends Reid, showing us that even in tough situations, friends can help each other.
A teenage boy got out of the car and slammed the door shut. Reid didn't know him, but he wore what Reid recognized as their school's letterman jacket for football.
"Hey, Alyssa," the guy called to her with a smirk.
Alyssa didn't even turn to him as she waved a hand and said back, "Austin."
They kept walking toward her house, but Reid could tell when Austin noticed his eyes bythe way he froze where he stood
"Is that a droid?" he shouted. "What the-"
"Keep your voice down!" Alyssa snapped. Reid noticed her glancing around, as if she was worried about neighbors hearing there was anandroid with her. She hadn't seemed concerned about that before, but now he wondered if she was.
Austin stalked across the grass of their two yards. He didn't even acknowledge Reid as he glared at Alyssa.
"You're bringing one of them to your house? So, what, you're into droids now?"
Reid tensed as Austin said the offensive name for androids-for the second time now-but Alyssa stepped in before he could say anything. "Oh, shut up," she said.
"We're working on a class project together."
Austin apparently didn't have anything to say to that, so
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In 3-5 sentences, analyze how Star-Crossed uses archetypes from classical literature to create characters that can be universally understood by today's readers.
3 sentences long very short simple and easy to understand
Make it like your explaining to a 2nd grader
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