A Character Sketch Of Moose's Al Capone

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In the book Al Capone does my Shirts, Moose Flanagan has just moved to Alcatraz from San Francisco, not because he wanted to, but because his father needed a job and his sister needed help. In San Francisco, he was leading a winning baseball team, he had many friends and he lived a fine life. He had to leave everything behind just to come to Alcatraz. In Alcatraz, Moose meets many new people and starts getting used to the area as he starts a new life. Moose's dad has to guard the prison while his mom tries to get his sister Natalie, into a school that can help her. Moose takes on a huge role as he takes care of Natalie while making friends, causing mischief and trying to get Natalie into the school by himself. Moose is 5 foot 11 and a half inches tall, he likes to play baseball, is very persistent and follows directions like a soldier. But in Alcatraz, some of his friends tried to break him like the prison guards breaking a criminal. When Moose was very young, he was always teased because he was the shortest in his class, but years later in Alcatraz, his appearance was scary to some people. He was 5 foot 11 and a half inches even though he was only twelve. Throughout his whole life, Moose loved baseball, no surprise that in his old school, Moose was leading a winning …show more content…

In the book, Moose's family tried to get Natalie into the Esther P. Marinoff School to help with her autism. Moose's parents worked very hard in trying to persuade the Warden to allow Natalie into the school, but they were always denied. Moose also worked hard trying to get Natalie into the school because he cared for her. But he was also always denied, yet he still came up with ideas to help Natalie. His final plan was to write a note to Al Capone asking him to persuade the people to allow Natalie into the school. He would sneak the note in with the laundry. Eventually, Al Capone received to note and helped Natalie get into the

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