Argumentative and Curious

In the novel, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler the author is E.L. Konigsburg. Claudia is not happy with her life because she didn’t get the same fair treatment as Jamie and her life is boring. Claudia chose Jamie to be her running away partner and they hid at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. While there, Claudia and Jamie found a statue of an angel and began to learn about it. They found out that Michelangelo carved the statue, and that Mrs. Frankweiler told them this secret. Claudia has a bossy and organized personality.

Claudia’s bossy character is seen by the way she talks to her brother. Whenever Claudia speaks to Jamie she always talks in a pushy and demanding way. “Quick, give me the pencil and note pad.” (pg. 144) Claudia does not just ask for the paper, but she orders Jamie to give it and rushes him to do it quickly. She is always in control and expects everyone to do what she wants. When Claudia and Jamie were talking about where to find information about Michelangelo, Claudia’s bossy personality was shown again when she was scolding Jamie about his grammar when he speaks. “What kind of language is that? Look him up under….” (pg. 145). Claudia is always correcting Jamie’s grammar and scolding him for his behavior. She seems to act like she’s his mother. Her bossy personality is quite obvious throughout this story.

Claudia’s is always organized.
Claudia’s organized character is seen by the way she’s organized and planned everything for her and her brother to run away from home. “Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking - Claudia immediately began making a list. “Here’s what we’ll look up. I’ll take the odd numbers; you take the even”.(pg 144). Claudia is always organizing things about her life, when she does not get the chance to plan things and is forcePrProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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to act quickly she does not make always make the right decision, like when she had to get to the museum (pg 28) and had to choose between walking, taxi and bus, she chose the taxi, if she had had time to plan it she would have seen the advantages of walking or taking the bus. Her need to plan things is advance is clearly shown throughout the story.