Context of Practice 3: Character 1

Name: Bonnie McRae
Nickname: Bonnie
Age when they met: 22
Age now: 26
Date of Birth: 18/01/2005
Race/Ethnicity: White British
M/F: Female
Where they are from: Inverness, Scotland
Profession: Newly graduated Student taking a Gap Year
Education: Gained 5 A Levels - 3 A*, 2 As from Inverness College, Scotland and a 1st Awarded in her BA(Hons) Degree in Geography from Cambridge, England

 Hobbies/Interests: She enjoys going hiking across the highlands, rock climbing and generally exploring nature. She's very interested in the world and how it grows and this fed her ambition to study Geography and the environment.

Political/Religious Beliefs: She does not believe in God, although her family believe in a higher power.

Disposition/Personality: She is a fairly messy person and when working there will be paper all around her in what she would call an organised mess. She is kind hearted and does what she can for people. Although being tough and able to stand on her own, she welcomes company when its available and takes pleasure in helping others. She doesn't mind getting her hands dirty and she can take care of herself, as she had to be, with growing up with 3 older brothers.

Weaknesses/Faults: She can be known to have a short temper, especially when told that she can't do something. She likes to do things her way but will come around to other suggestions eventually in order to help everyone. She can act a bit of a tomboy in situations as she hasn't had a feminine figure in her childhood.

Pet Peeves: She gets annoyed by the small things that happen, especially laziness in some of the other characters.

Fears: She fears being on her own all her life, she struggles with relationships as she is too easily trusting in people. She also fears anything happening to her family and not being able to say goodbye to a family member if they were to die.

Guilty Pleasures: Her most treasured guilty pleasure is having a long hot bubble bath after being out on the moors as she will bring in mud and dirt with her and she wants to soak it all away after being active all day, it's something that calms her down.

Prized Possessions: She always where a locket around her neck with a picture of her mother in as a memory to her as she died when Bonnie was only 6. Her mother loved nature and everything that grows and this is where her love has come from.

Bad Habits: She is pretty good for making sure that she doesn't annoy other characters, but her temper towards the small things not being done are where her bad habit comes from. When annoyed by the others she likes to sit on her own and doesn't like to be disturbed until she has had a chance to unwind.

Proudest Accomplishments: Being the first of her family to go to University and then finishing with a 1st honour degree.

Secret Talents: She is very good at rock climbing and has strong upper body strength along with endurance in her lower body from hiking for many years.

Natural Habitat: She is most comfortable outdoors and in the fresh air and doesn't like to sit still and be bored. She prefers to be out walking no matter what the weather and doesn't like to be indoors for too long.
Clothing/Apperance: She is a very casual looking person, with fiery ginger hair and freckles across her nose and cheeks. She usually dressed very casually in either jeans or hiking pants, and matches it up with a top, t-shirt or whatever is clean and in sight during her morning rush. Her hair is mid length and straight and it will usually be tied up in a ponytail out of her face.
Physical Mannerisms: She doesn't have any physical mannerisms.
Dialogue/Interactions: She has a very broad Scottish accent, but understandable, but it can be difficult to understand when she gets angry and furious.

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Family Tree (As of 2027, just before the bombings):

Relationship between the character and family: She loves her family very much and is very close to them, especially her grandmother, who is the only female influence in her life. Growing up she loved playing with her brothers and she had a very ordinary upbringing in terms of her relationship with her family, although she misses her mum and the influence she would have brought to her.

Wants: She doesn't like to say that she wants anything, but would like a loving relationship.
Needs: She feels that she doesn't need anything.
The single thing the character wants to most: Her mum to know how well she is doing.

Why were they on the airplane: She was going on holiday to Switzerland with her best friend that she met in Cambridge who was studying Norse and Celtic Mythology at Cambridge and they had been friends since the first week. They had been planing this trip since the day they graduated Uni and this was the start of their gap year. They knew there were rumors of the war but they tried not to think about it as they packed their bags and left.

Relationship between the character and the others: She is a generally very bubbly and characteristic person once she gets to know someone and she really values the other characters as friends once they get to know each other. She is the happiest out of all of them despite what she's lost or believes to have lost and doesn't let the though of whats happening ruin the day.