The Man Who Was Almost A Man Character Analysis

In a literary story there need to be a character that can be seen as effective in a sense that we may believe it is a real human being. The criteria for the a developing characters in a story are on the consistent behavior, there motivation and the quality being lifelike. A character to maintain consistent behavior is that there attitude and actions remain uniform throughout the story, however if the behavior does seem to alter their need to be a justified reason for it. Another key characteristic is the character's motivation, from this we can see why and how they act to a certain situations, aswell find the morals or beliefs within the character. Finally, whether the character could be plausible in the human world, as the characters is able to maintain the complex human mindset and withhold human like actions. …show more content…
In the short story“The Man Who Was Almost a Man” by Richard Wright, the main protagonist David showed all three characteristics in the the story, as his behavior throughout the story is consistent, determined to be respected and have power as does a man in his time period, which ultimately develops a convincing