Kim

Kim is one of the main characters in the short story "Rendezvous" by Daniel Ransom. She is a 15-year-old girl who has run away from home. Her food consists of granola bars and a quarter of an apple (p. 51, ll. 17-18), but she prefers eating hamburgers and drinking soda (p. 51, ll. 33-34). She enjoys listening to “good music on the radio” (p. 51, ll. 34-35), and has slender hands (p. 53, l. 26).

Kim appears to be a rebellious teenager. She is disappointed that her parents do not allow her enough freedom, and decides to run away to prove a point (p. 51, l. 29) and to make her parents “more reasonable where her freedom is concerned” (p. 51, ll. 26-27). This shows her wish to be more independent. She also “hopes her parents are scared. They deserve to be.” (p. 51, ll. 37-38), suggesting she wants to punish her parents for their controlling attitude and, in this way, control them too.

Kim also wants to gain new experiences and impress her friends. She sees running away as something that would get her attention from her friends and earn their sympathy. In thi...