Problem: Text-to-Self will focus on CHARACTERS and your personal connection to them. You will choose a character from the novel and display your understanding of their situation, choices, relationships, actions or reactions throughout their development. You will compare these to your own life and how you may have handled, understood, or challenged the situation. This is your chance to show your understanding of character analysis and also how you relate or not, to the character. The novel is The Art Of Racing In the Rain by Garth Stein and the Character is Denny Swift