The Thief
In Megan Turner’s The Thief, The author develops the main character, “Gen” by using indirect characterization (STEAL).
In the first half of the book “The Thief”, the main character, “Gen” is shown to be a dirty and lazy person. One example of this is when Gen is sitting in a chair owned by the magus, who is another character in the book and is told to stand up, he stays there and doesn’t move due to fatigue, which makes sense, but the the magus says “Never mind. Stay there. The chair will have to be cleaned (Turner, M. (1996), The Thief).” This shows that Gen is a very dirty person, because it is very hard to be so dirty that every chair that you sit on has to be cleansed. The second example is during a conversation Gen has with the magus. Gen says “Why didn't you bring a cart?” The magus replied, “Why would I have done that?” Gen’s reply to that was; “So that I could be sleeping in the back of it right now.” This shows that Gen is lazy because he wanted to bring an entire …show more content…
One example of this is that he risked himself to help the magus and Sophos out of Attolian prison in between pages 235 to 254. This is evidence that he is helpful because i’m sure helping people out of prison is very helpful, and a example of education because he was educated enough to get himself out of the prison too. The second example is that Gen was educated was that between pages 265 to 276, there were many references to Gen having books in his room and reading them. For example, on page 276, Gen says “Maybe in the future my aunts and uncles would be willing to overlook the fact that I read too many books and can’t ride a horse, sing a song in tune, or carry on polite conversation--all accomplishments that are supposed to be more important than swordplay but aren’t. Ignore all the parts except where Gen says he reads too much. Books are generally a sign of education, so that’s why that is
In Megan Turner’s The Thief, The author develops the main character, “Gen” by using indirect characterization (STEAL).
In the first half of the book “The Thief”, the main character, “Gen” is shown to be a dirty and lazy person. One example of this is when Gen is sitting in a chair owned by the magus, who is another character in the book and is told to stand up, he stays there and doesn’t move due to fatigue, which makes sense, but the the magus says “Never mind. Stay there. The chair will have to be cleaned (Turner, M. (1996), The Thief).” This shows that Gen is a very dirty person, because it is very hard to be so dirty that every chair that you sit on has to be cleansed. The second example is during a conversation Gen has with the magus. Gen says “Why didn't you bring a cart?” The magus replied, “Why would I have done that?” Gen’s reply to that was; “So that I could be sleeping in the back of it right now.” This shows that Gen is lazy because he wanted to bring an entire …show more content…
One example of this is that he risked himself to help the magus and Sophos out of Attolian prison in between pages 235 to 254. This is evidence that he is helpful because i’m sure helping people out of prison is very helpful, and a example of education because he was educated enough to get himself out of the prison too. The second example is that Gen was educated was that between pages 265 to 276, there were many references to Gen having books in his room and reading them. For example, on page 276, Gen says “Maybe in the future my aunts and uncles would be willing to overlook the fact that I read too many books and can’t ride a horse, sing a song in tune, or carry on polite conversation--all accomplishments that are supposed to be more important than swordplay but aren’t. Ignore all the parts except where Gen says he reads too much. Books are generally a sign of education, so that’s why that is