Playing God

I don't like being addressed as "guy"; at the moment you are certainly "in school", however, you have read the book in question "at school." In your question you have used "guy" again: Never, never do this when writing formal texts (as , for
example, " a graded paper.)
Miranda. I have some good and some bad news for you.
The bad one first: This forum has been designed as a place where students or other members of our society who have problems coping with an assignment alone will find help.. They post their findings here and there will always be a "helper" who will "help" by correcting or by giving hints; however, we are not used to prompting here. we depend on written attempts posted by the users.
And now the good news, you alone are allowed to display all your talents of thinking and writing now, and we are looking forward to reading your version of a characterization of Josh in the very near future.

flo

And it's generally a good idea to tell us the author of the story because just trying to find "Playing God short story" on the Internet just produced like four different short stories by that title none of which as much as mentions a Josh.

Flo
Why are you opposed to the greeting "Hey guys"? In a rather informal context, like this forum, it has become a generally accepted greeting referring to either sex. I've even seen it used by women when greeting their female friends (a friend of mine actually does that).