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For example, “They were out in the field as soon as breakfast was over, and southern Illinois at that hour was pink with sunrise and swelling redbud and clusters of bloom over the apple orchard across the road”(7). As the setting is described it creates a warm feeling that makes the readers feel enchanted and lighthearted. The author also allows the readers to feel peaceful and content. Mood is also used to enhance the story by creating an atmosphere that allows readers to feel different emotions and feelings. “If someone had asked Jethro to name a time when he left childhood behind him, he might have named that last week of March in 1862”(92). This gives the readers feelings of sorrow and anger. The atmosphere is used to bring the reader into the novel by allowing them to feel powerful and remorse for the characters. As a result, the mood creates a flood of emotions that helps bring the story to life through the setting and

A dynamic character is a character that changes and develops throughout a story. Usually these changes occur due to events, experiences, or just simply maturing. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the most prominent example of a dynamic character is the book thief herself, Liesel Meminger. At the beginning of the novel when she is only nine years old, she is a very different person than she is at the end of the novel. By then she is nearing fifteen years of age and has underwent a numerous amount of situations, both traumatic and beautiful.

Benson, Jackson, J. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway Critical Essays. Durham: Duke University Press, 1975. Print.

A dynamic character is defined as a character that undergoes a change throughout the course of a story. In the novel That Was Then, This Is Now, by S.E. Hinton, Bryon, the main protagonist of the story, starts realizing that he is changing and growing up, but he also realizes that his friend since he was a kid, Mark, was not. Bryon goes through the story trying to keep their friendship alive while also staying with his new girlfriend Cathy, and he is getting more serious with her by the day. Throughout the book, the reader can undoubtedly see that Byron is a dynamic character who doesn’t go through just one change, but multiple changes. To begin, on pages 66 through 69, Bryon thought back to when he and Mark were kids and they would fool around and were involved

A dynamic, or round, character is a major character in a work of fiction that encounters conflict and is changed by it. Reverend Hale is a dynamic character. Reverend Hale is a truly good man and has shown this many times througthout the acts.

A dynamic character is a character who undergoes a metamorphosis throughout a book. In the book That was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton, there are two boys; one of them is dynamic while the other one is static. Bryon goes through a lot in this book which causes him to mature. Firstly, before Bryon started maturing, he use to hustle pool players, steal things, beat up hippies, date girls he didn’t care about, drink, and even go into a bar. He use to do this with his best friend Mark. They are like brothers and they still are except Bryon is changing and Mark is not. One of the ways this is shown is when it states, “He even acted like he was jealous of Cathy. In all the years I’d known him, in all the years I’d gone with different girls, he had never acted like this.

Characterization is the concept of creating characters for a narrative.. Characters in literature sometimes make dramatic transformations. In a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, the character Scrooge dramatically changes his attitude about Christmas. In Stave 1, Dickens establishes Scrooge’s character as someone who is stingy and selfish. On page 3, it states,” Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, “My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me?” As the book stated, everyone in the neighborhood knew Scrooge was selfish and looked like an old grump. On page 3, it quotes, “No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o’clock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of

A dynamic character is one to change with time throughout a plot. Many characters in The Crucible are amending characters. In the play titled, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the characters, John Proctor, Abigail Williams and Elizabeth change from the beginning of the play to the end. Proctor becomes more honest; Abigail grows to be selfless; and Elizabeth finally acts with peace towards others.

The protagonist, Sammy, in A & P by John Updike is a dynamic character because he reveals himself to a judgmental person who later along the story changes into a mature individual who makes big decisions. Sammy shows immaturity in his work place, as he judges others and try to find his own entertainment. Along with that he judges multiple people including his co-workers and customers. The situation that happens changes Sammy and makes him into a mature person who will need to make multiple decisions. The way Sammy describes his place of work, other people in the store, and the choices he makes at the end reveal him as a dynamic character.

Dynamic characters are characters who change throughout the course of their stories. One example is Guy Montag, the main character from Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. Guy Montag, at the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, is a follower of his society, a man who fears knowledge and difference. Throughout his story, however, he starts to become an entirely different man. He becomes a person who goes against his society, and he begins to want more than what his society offers. Another dynamic character is Lady Macbeth from William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. Lady Macbeth starts out as a strong female character who is ambitious, has no self-doubt, and is almost fearless. By the end of the play, she becomes a weaker character with a smaller voice.

One example of a dynamic character is Reverend John Hale from The Crucible by Arthur Miller. When Hale is first introduced he is a very haughty man. However, this changes very quickly as the play continues on and he searches to please God. These changes make Reverend John Hale a better man and possibly the most saintly in all of Salem. It all begins in Act I. Reverend John Hale is a man portrayed to be an expert at finding witches.

Dynamic characters are characters which go through substantial changes, typically due to a traumatic or powerful experience. In Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Hugh Wheeler, the character known as Sweeney Todd is arguably a dynamic character; Due in part, heavily, to having his tendencies of being entirely self-motivated and caring nothing for anyone but himself ripped away as he discovers he murdered his wife. Sweeney Todd at the beginning of the play obviously seems to care nothing for anyone except revenge for the supposed murder of his wife. Nearing the end of the play, He still has that same primary concern for revenge no matter what the cost. However, at the very end of the play when he discovers his wife dead, he

Many of the passages of the novel reflect his life. Hemingway writes: “But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” This has been shown through his life, as Hemingway wrote the novella to prove he wasn’t finished as a writer. This is also reflected during his time in World War 1. Hemingway was wounded by Austrian Mortar fire, and yet despite his injuries or “defeat,” Hemingway carried a wounded italian soldier to safety. Hemingway wrote: "When you go to war as a boy you have a great illusion

“Hemingway’s greatness is in his short stories, which rival any other master of the form”(Bloom 1). The Old Man and the Sea is the most popular of his later works (1). The themes represented in this book are religion (Gurko 13-14), heroism (Brenner 31-32), and character symbolism (28). These themes combine to create a book that won Hemingway a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and contributed to his Nobel Prize for literature in 1954 (3).

Ernest Hemingway the winner of the Nobel Peace prize lived a troubled life over his Sixty-two years of life and experienced many struggles. He went through a few marriages, different faiths and in the end, he lost his battle with depression. However, though all of this he made an impact on the world with the style and theme of American literature he wrote and is a significant influence to many authors and readers alike. During his life, there were many things that were an influence and help shape his writing into what it is today. Hemingway heavily focused on the theme of war during his career and was a topic of several of his novels one of those novels being “For whom the bell tolls” (Hemingway) The recognizable effects of Hemingway’s influence on literature is still witnessed around the world in the many tributes to him to this day.