Sa Thorough Uchiha Essay

Sasuke Uchiha is a character from the anime series Naruto. It is mainly set in the Hidden Leaf Village in the Land of Fire. It is about a boy named Naruto (Yes, the animes title is his name.) and his journey through the ninja world. It seems like a simple concept but it becomes much more complicated as the series progresses. Naruto becomes the best friend of the young ninja who I am analyzing, Sasuke Uchiha. Sasuke is a troubled young man due to his past. He is the last living member of his clan, other than his brother Itachi. His brother slaughtered their entire clan before fleeing the village to join an organization known as the Akatsuki. Sasuke now seeks power in order to get revenge on his brother. His Uchiha blood is what causes an extremely powerful ninja known as Orochimaru to attack him and mark him with a curse mark. Orochimaru tells him that if Sasuke seeks him out, he will teach him to control the curse mark and give him power. This eventually causes …show more content…
It is indirect characterization because he doesn't say that he is mysterious, instead he shows it through his actions. Sasuke hides his emotions, tries to form as few bonds as possible and changes his goals at times. In the beginning of the series his goal was to get revenge on his brother, then it was to destroy the Hidden Leaf and it changed once again in the end. Girls fawn over him, yet he only ignores them and everyone else around him. Finally, Sasuke is power-hungry, which is shown through many ways throughout the series. It is both direct and indirect characterization because he says that he needs to become more powerful for many different reasons, but he also shows it by going after Orochimaru and showing his jealousy of Narutos' power. He says that he needs more power in order to kill his brother and to unlock his Mongekyo Sharingan, which is a powerful trait that ca only be accessed by the