I am going to climb my soapbox and talk.I am going to put on my work gloves and work.I am going to put on my walking shoes and walk.I am going to put on my fighting gloves and fight.I am going to kill Charlie Brown.

Wait a minute！Don’t think I have flipped！I know that Charlie Brown is a comic strip character，but I am not talking about that Charlie Brown.I am talking the Charlie Brown that is in me and the Charlie Brown that is in you.Everyone has a Charlie Brown in him.That is the Charlie Brown that I am fighting to kill.

All of you are familiar with the comic strip character，Charlie Brown.He presents a negative image.Things are always happening to Charlie Brown because of his negative image.The way to get rid of a negative image is to convert it to a positive image.That is how to kill Charlie Brown.

1.Charlie Brown is____.

A.an unrealistic character B.a comic strip character

C.an American dream D.a fighting champion

2.The Charlie Brown the author wants to kill is____.

A.the comic strip character

B.the one that is in all of us

C.the baseball manager

D.the one that everybody loves

3.The author wants to kill Charlie Brown because of his____.

A.positive image B.evil character

C.political rival D.negative image

4.How can a negative image be destroyed？

A.To covert it to a positive image.

B.To talk about it.

C.To make it climb on the soapbox.

D.To put on my gloves and fight with it.