In the beginning of the story, Marlee’s mother didn’t have much character development and was rather flat. All we knew about her was that she and Marlee didn’t get along too well, and she was rather anti-integration. This immediately caught my attention, in a relatively pleasant story, meant to teach kids about the civil rights movement, there was an important figure who was anti-integration (Not to mention has daughter issues!) This definitely hinted towards some dramatic character development in the future. I was right, near the middle/end of the story, Mother’s character was changing. She went from anti-integration to joining a women's committee, whose goal was to reopen the school, integration or not. That committee even brought her much closer to her daughter. Seeing this character grow like that gave me satisfaction, like a proud parent. Marlee’s mother went from a flat character; to a round, dynamic
In the beginning of the story, Marlee’s mother didn’t have much character development and was rather flat. All we knew about her was that she and Marlee didn’t get along too well, and she was rather anti-integration. This immediately caught my attention, in a relatively pleasant story, meant to teach kids about the civil rights movement, there was an important figure who was anti-integration (Not to mention has daughter issues!) This definitely hinted towards some dramatic character development in the future. I was right, near the middle/end of the story, Mother’s character was changing. She went from anti-integration to joining a women's committee, whose goal was to reopen the school, integration or not. That committee even brought her much closer to her daughter. Seeing this character grow like that gave me satisfaction, like a proud parent. Marlee’s mother went from a flat character; to a round, dynamic