Character Dynamics In St Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves

Effective Use of Character Dynamics in Literature:
An Analysis of Russell’s “St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”

Have you ever been reading a book and found yourself drawn into the story by specific characters and you weren’t sure why? Quite commonly, your opinion about a character may have to do with the "depth" or reliability of the character. Believe it or not, authors intentionally focus your attention on specific characters to progress the story along by making them either dynamic or static. This makes characters that are more important to the storyline stand out, and often times is the reason that they become your favorite characters in a story. You have been subconsciously influenced by literary techniques! Learning how to intentionally create a dynamic character is an art and can take any writing to the next level. The foundation of a dynamic character is found in attention to detail …show more content…
A story with a protagonist, only displaying one emotion, can become boring quickly and can make the protagonist unrealistic. Quite the contrary, it is diversity in the main character’s personality that makes a character relatable to the audience. Conflicting emotions and thoughts make a character more realistic. There are many examples of this throughout the story of "St Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves". In Russell’s story, the character of Claudette struggles between feeling sympathy and distaste for Mirabella due to her unwillingness to change. As a result, the reader is exposed to a variety of instances where Claudette turns her back on Mirabella because she doesn't want to be associated with her poor reputation, but still, possesses and an underlying sense of sympathy for her sister. These layers of emotion make for a more dynamic character as they allow us to connect on a more intimate level. These are the conflicting emotions of a real person in real