Character

In every story there are characters who are going to be dynamic or static; static meaning the character shows little to no change even by the ending of the story, and Dynamic, meaning there is a significant change in the character throughout the story. For instance in the book, “Lamb to The Slaughter” by Roald Dahl, Mary Maloney is described in detail that she is a caring wife to her husband, she does all of the cleaning, cooking and in general just loves to care for him. Although, she’s not…

stranger’s body. He needs to possess the man’s body in order to complete his quest. His quest is to make his nanny human again. Dor’s two bodies influenced the growth of his character. This growth will intrigue and entertain the reader. As a young boy, Dor feels weak and insignificant. Yet, Dor’s scrawny body aided his personal character; it taught him to build his brains rather than his muscle. As a man, Dor learned how to defend himself and how to deny himself. Whether Dor was confronted by…

I plan on bringing multiple topics from class into my story and make each topic into a character. For example: A Feminist character for one of the Feminist articles, a ‘disabled’ individual for the disability article, an oppressor for one of the oppression articles, etc. I want to share their lives in a world where they are all classmates who do not get along. The students end up going on a three week vacation together to Rome, Italy in the summer and are held captive instead for two months by a…

does well to showcase the moral ambiguity of real life. This ambiguity gives Vanderhaeghe the opportunity to craft all kinds of complex characters along the moral spectrum. One such complex character is Custis Straw. Straw stands out among his fellow cast as the most likeable and most integrous of the bunch. However, Custis is not the classic white knight character, but he is instead a very flawed man seeking redemption. There are so many motivations as to why the main cast venture out into the…

Joshua Chamberlain's speech showed many of his character traits by the way he talks to the men. One of his character traits is he is respectful. In the text it states, “I’m told to take you me with me if you don’t I can shoot you”(Shaara 8). Another one of his traits is responsible. The author states, “ I’ve been ordered to take you men with me” (Shaara 8). A final trait for Josh is he is fair. An example from the text is, “I will do what I can to a fair trial”(Shaara 8). This shows Josh is fair…

book Song of Solomon chapters 1-9 is set in an unnamed town. It focuses on his spiritually empty, pointless life as a young man caught between his father's materialistic behavior and Pilate's traditional beliefs. Milkman is considered the main character of the novel. He shares qualities with heroes like Odysseus, in Homer’s Odyssey, and Holden Caulfield,…

you, Wild Awake? I wanted you to be good, but unfortunately, you were not because nothing happened and goddamn, your main character and the prose was cringe-worthy. Yes, that’s right, my dear friends. Nothing really happen. Yeah, Wild Awake seemed true to everyday life since life doesn’t have an overarching plot, and I would’ve enjoyed it if I hadn’t disliked the main character. It is a mess (albeit, somewhat fitting to the main character’s state of mind). When I was a few chapters into the…

height of his power, and his subsequent fall from it. It follows the titular character, Hiram McDowell, members of his family, and the people whose lives he changes, frequently not for the better. This was a hard start for me. The characters were unlikable, violently so, and I found my notes littered with comments about their personalities and arrogance, even twenty chapters in. The author did his job, these characters were VIVID, and I found myself insulted and frequently disgusted by them,…

the Plot by Secondary Characters in Macbeth Every great story will centralize on one main individual, the protagonist, who will always strike as remarkable. The protagonist is certain to face their antagonist somewhere on the plotline that they must voyage. Along the way to whatever endeavors they are aspiring to achieve, they will additionally encounter various characters relatively minor in nature. Unlike the unforgettably significant main characters, these secondary characters and their…

identifies with the characters in Lord of the Flies and A Separate Peace, the reader can feel significant because the actions of the characters match the ones that the reader would hope to do. These books satisfy our “deepest need--the need of feeling our life to be, in itself, significant” (Warren). When the reader identifies with the characters it makes them feel significant. When the characters act as how the reader would want to, it makes the readers feel significant, and if the characters…