Over the course of life, events affect people in different ways. These events cause change in the individual both physically and mentally. In The Flowers by Alice Walker, the main character undergoes a transformation after a brief encounter with cold reality. The child discovers the corpse of a man, and once she realizes how the man was killed, her childhood simplicity slips away from her. Alice Walker uses characterization and setting to illustrate the theme that a traumatic event occurring in one’s childhood can result in the loss of innocence.
The effect of Myop’s experience demonstrates how characterization contributes to her maturity. The way “...nothing existed for her but her song…” exhibits that Myop possesses a characteristic in
The effect of Myop’s experience demonstrates how characterization contributes to her maturity. The way “...nothing existed for her but her song…” exhibits that Myop possesses a characteristic in