Na Carachtair: Ruán

• Tá Ruán ocht mbliana déag d'aois.
  • Ruán is eighteen years old.
• Mothaíonn sé go gcuireann a mháthair lagmhisneach air. Is léir go bhfuil sé míshuaimhneach ina shaol.
  • He feels that his mother discourages him. He is clearly unhappy in his life.

• B'fhéidir nach bhfuil Ruán chomh hamadánach leis na daoine eile sa sliocht. Níor thaitin an comharsa, Uasal Mac Gabhann, a tháinig chun tí leis ach oiread. Bhí sé cairdiúil agus gealgháireach, ach shíl Ruán go raibh súile géara aige.
  • Maybe Ruán is not as foolish as the other people in the extract. He doesn't like the neighbour, Mr Mac Gabhann, who came to the house at all. He was friendly and cheerful, but Ruán thought that he had sharp eyes.

• Ní raibh sé ag súil leis an gcóisir, cé gur lig sé air go raibh. Níor chreid sé go mbeadh an chóisir "cool"- chreid sé go mbeadh sé "crap". Feicimid anseo go bhfuil sé cineálta mar dhuine, mar bhí sé ag iarraidh a mháthair a shásamh.
  • He was not looking forward to the party, even though he let on that he was. He didn't think that the party would be "cool"- he thought that it would be "crap". We see here that he is kind as a person, as he was trying to please his mother.