Understanding the purpose of characters in the text

 My Reflection

I have been learning to relate to the characters to the text to understand their purpose. 

I used a Venn diagram to compare Ivan and Stella in the story The One and Only Ivan. 

This made me realise  the differences between the characters and but also what made them similar.
My next step is to be able to use this information to make inferences about the purpose of the characters.