Larissa

Larissa is one of the Old. Jonas bathed her during a few of his volunteer hours at the House of Old. Through her conversation with Jonas, she seemed to be a fearless, arrogant, rude, mischievous, upfront, but very open lady. Larissa talked (or gossiped I should say) to Jonas about the Ceremony of Release, and about her fellow elderly who were released recently. This might just seem like just harmless talk, but Larissa didn't exactly say positive things.

Character Trait Adjectives:

Strongly Opinionated (pg. 31-32)

Larissa has a very strong point of view on things – specifically people. She liked certain people in certain ways, but then liked them in certain ways, also.

Attentive (pg.31-32)

From all of the information she tells Jonas, you can tell that Larissa is very attentive. She listens for things that she can gossip about or use to humiliate someone.

Calm (pg.29)

While Jonas is bathing her, he is careful because he assumes that she fell asleep like the Old often do. However, Larissa still talked, with her eyes still closed. This tells us that she has no fears and worries and so she can be very, very calm.