Dynamic Character In Gloria Naylor's 'Linden Hills'

Nothing beautiful is real; something aesthetically pleasing is often mechanically unfit. In the novel Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor on the 21st of December: Maxwell is hungry for starvation. Maxwell lives on the fourth crescent drive in Linden Hills. He hunts for the substance that will satisfy his unimaginable hunger for success via controlling himself, others, and the natural world. Gloria Naylor alludes to the fourth circle of Hell in Dante’s Inferno. The punishment in the 4th circle of Dante’s Infernos is to be submerged in filth. Gloria uses the reflection of this when while describing Maxwell. The rhetoric used to illustrate Maxwell’s appearance are poetic phrases like: “tropical gait” (102), “smooth forty five degree turn of his wrists” (102), and ”sniffs the air in …show more content…
Gloria uses to describe Maxwell’s body is has a seductive mood. Maxwell’s character is a dynamic character that uses the information around him to change. Gloria uses ironic syntax while describing Maxwell’s character. For example the words “tropical” and “frigid” are often complementing one another while describing Maxwell. This means that he is so hot that he is cold. These ironic statements reflect back on Dante’s architecture of his poem. The intent of Maxwell’s character proves lack of reason human have while searching for success.
Maxwell’s perceives himself as colorless. This makes him the most racist person in Linden Hills. He sees a direct relationship between color and success. He does not want to be a part of a statistic. Therefor “he spends every waking moment trying to be no color at all” (106). His personal views redefine his perspective