I Novellen “Waiting for spring” som er skrevet af Tamara Jones møder vi nogle personer i teksten og det er Wiliam, albert, captain og jerry. Hovedpersonen i teksten er William så ham kommer vi meget nærmere på. William er en alkoholiker, og det kan man også regne ud når man læser teksten, fx, at han altid drikker når han er sammen med sine venner, at folk griner af dem når de går forbi, og når han sidder med to hjemløse og drikker og når albert hans ven kommer med noget alkohol bliver william glad fordi han mener han ikke havde fået noget at drikke hele dagen, så der er mange tegn i teksten der viser at Wiliam er alkoholiker. William tænker meget over de hjemløse, og han er meget sammen med hjemløse, hvor de sidder og drikker. Han ændre sig ikke så meget i historien, det altid den samme person vi møder, der sker ikke en udvikling med william i novellen.

In the short story “Waiting for spring” written by Tamara Jones we meet some people in the text and they are Wiliam, albert, captain and jerry. The main character in the text is William so we get a lot closer to him. William is an alcoholic, and you can also figure that out when you read the text, for example, that he always drinks when he is with his friends, that people laugh at them when they pass by, and when he sits with two homeless people and drinks and when albert his friend comes with some alcohol william is happy because he thinks he had not had anything to drink all day, so there are many signs in the text that show that wiliam is an alcoholic. William thinks a lot about the homeless and he is very much with the homeless where they sit and drink. He does not change so much in the story, it always the same person we meet, there is no development with william in the short story.