Post #2 Character Development

Learning Goal:  Recognize that the lesson a character learns can often be stated as a theme.

Often, understanding how a character develops will help the reader understand the theme.

As is written in our red Reader’s Handbook… As you read you’ll want to be aware of the differences between static and dynamic characters.  Static characters stay the same throughout the story.  They hardly change at all.  In contrast, dynamic characters change from beginning to end.  They often learn something.  That change is something the author expects you as a reader to recognize and interpret.  Ask yourself what the author is suggesting by those changes. 

Since change may be a real clue to the theme of a novel, describe here one change you see in the main character so far. 

1.       Find one passage that shows a change in the character.

2.       Copy it down.

3.       Tell us the page number. 

4.       Then, explain how this passage shows a change in the character.