In "Until They Bring The Street Cars Back" the scenes are mostly based in Saint Paul, MN. The time is 1949, and the character spread is based on high school students attending Central High school. This blog is for a main character named Calvin Grant. Although through out the book he is called "Cal."He is a white male and senior at Central. He plays on the basketball team and is known for being the star player. He is a caring understanding person secretly. He acts as a cool; no care in the world person around his friends.
Cal is a well known guy in school. He has a lot of friends, but his closest friends are Lola, Jerry, Sandy, Steve, and Gretchen.
Cal's friends are all different type of people. Some of them are into trouble, while some aren't into trouble.
In the book, Cal is the main character. Cal is the person Stanley Gordon West wasn't in high school. Stanley was the kid who really didn't help other and just was there. Cal is a persona that Stanley wishes he was more like in high school.
He has a pretty normal life beside the occasional teenage mischiefs. That all changes when he starts to really get involved with Gretchen Luttermann.
How meeting Gretchen truely clanged Cal's life... When Cal first met Gretchen he gave her no attention. He tryed avoiding her in many cases. Until one day she told him she was being beat by her father. No one was really in the position to even try and help her except Cal. He became close friends with her. Trying to help her with her abusing situation, he alsobecame afraid of her dad. She had few friends in school. people looked at her funny and treated her as a loser. one day Cal put his popularity on the line when standing up for her in front of everyone.
Lola's love hold...
The love Cal has for Lola is 100% real. Although she doesnt know it is untill Cal snaps on her.