Character Development within “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell and “Two Kinds by Amy Tan consist of two different ways an author can develop their character(s). The personality of the main character in “A Jury of Her Peers” is exposed by two female characters that make comments about her belongings and stating how she was as a younger woman. The main character from “Two Kinds” exposes her personality through her actions and thoughts that she shares with us from childhood till adulthood. Within “ A Jury of Her Peers” we learn about our main character indirectly through the eyes of two females ( Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters) , however, within “Two Kinds” we learn about our main character directly because she is narrating her story, allowing
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We learn of Jing-Mei personality through her own thoughts and actions. For example she repeatedly states throughout “Two Kinds” that she was a disappointment and that she couldn’t become anything she wanted to be. On page 212 in our Literature book, Jing-Mei says “It was not only disappointment my mother felt in me. I failed her so many times, each time asserting my will, my right to fall short of expectations.” She then continues to tell the readers that she didn’t get into the college of her choice so she dropped out. This allows the reader to label Jing-Mei directly as a negative person. The readers also learn that Jing-Mei negativity and self-doubt ultimately leads to her quitting on goals throughout her …show more content…
The main character from “Two Kinds” exposes her personality through her actions and thoughts that she shares with us from childhood till adulthood. Within “A Jury of Her Peers” we learn about our main character indirectly and within “Two Kinds” we learn about our main character directly. Even though the stories have two different forms of character development, they both are beautiful examples of how this development can vary and allow authors to build their stories around it. Just because the readers may never meet the main character directly or have them narrate their story, doesn’t mean we can’t learn of who they are, what they’ve done, whether or not they are guilty or innocent such as we see in “A Jury of Her Peers”, or if they resolve the main conflict in their story such as
We learn of Jing-Mei personality through her own thoughts and actions. For example she repeatedly states throughout “Two Kinds” that she was a disappointment and that she couldn’t become anything she wanted to be. On page 212 in our Literature book, Jing-Mei says “It was not only disappointment my mother felt in me. I failed her so many times, each time asserting my will, my right to fall short of expectations.” She then continues to tell the readers that she didn’t get into the college of her choice so she dropped out. This allows the reader to label Jing-Mei directly as a negative person. The readers also learn that Jing-Mei negativity and self-doubt ultimately leads to her quitting on goals throughout her …show more content…
The main character from “Two Kinds” exposes her personality through her actions and thoughts that she shares with us from childhood till adulthood. Within “A Jury of Her Peers” we learn about our main character indirectly and within “Two Kinds” we learn about our main character directly. Even though the stories have two different forms of character development, they both are beautiful examples of how this development can vary and allow authors to build their stories around it. Just because the readers may never meet the main character directly or have them narrate their story, doesn’t mean we can’t learn of who they are, what they’ve done, whether or not they are guilty or innocent such as we see in “A Jury of Her Peers”, or if they resolve the main conflict in their story such as