Kathy's Dynamic Characters

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.

in every story there is a dynamic character and a dynamic character is a character that changes through the story and some change because their different.-In the book Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix the dynamic character is luke garner. In the beginning the goverment forced his family to sell thier land .in the middle he has the guts to go out side and to one of the baron’s houses.at the end of the story his friend dies. The dynamic character in this book is the main character,luke garner.it shows that he is a dynamic character as he changes from the beginning to the end in many ways. The three ways i choosed was his freedom,bravery And curiosity.

To understand this theme one must first understand the characters in this book. A prime example of an unhappy character

He never questions her sudden return to alcohol and fails to notice her growing dependence on it. If Lester had caught the warning signs—Kathy smoking profusely “as a crutch” and feeling “jittery” when she needs more alcohol—if Lester had recognized these symptoms, perhaps he would have realized Kathy’s current mental instability (145). But Lester overlooks this side of Kathy and is unable to check her usage. As a result, drunk and desperate at a restaurant in the mall, Kathy is convinced that Lester will return to his family and leave her, only after making love “to [her] like a man taking in oxygen before he goes on a long underwater trip” (202). In her impaired state, Kathy drives to her father’s house, now occupied by the Behrani family, and attempts suicide twice. When Lester arrives at the house and spies Kathy passed out on the floor, he assumes the worst and breaks into the Behrani’s house, holding them hostage. This starts a chain of events that ends with the Behranis and their son dead and Kathy and Lester in prison.

Thesis: Identity is constructed through the character’s change/realisation of social ideals and personal experiences throughout the text.

Theme of the story: The conditions of a character's life has a direct influence on how they act in the novel.

During the time that I’m reading the novel, there is abundant of psychological descriptions and conversations, but it is hard for novel readers to see and feel directly what is happening except for imagination. First, by observing the tone of the novel, the text can’t pass the difference and the changes of

The point of view changes during the book from the perspective of Claire,Tomás,Autumn, and Sylv. The point of view in the novel can put into perspective what each character was feeling during the shooting. This can really develop the theme of the story because each character knows firsthand how every action can impact someone in the greatest of ways since they each played a part in Tyler’s decision. Since the reader felt how the events in the book impacted each character, they can better comprehend the theme of the novel. Also because the readers can relate to the feelings and actions of each character, they can connect to the novel in general which is key to understanding the text. One of the biggest things to understand in this book is that everyone (including the reader and the characters) has their own interpretation of events of This is Where it Ends which means that point of of view is extremely important for understanding the theme of this novel. Point of view is crucial in this book to grasping the theme because all of the characters views throughout the story add up to form the basis of the theme of this book.

Nick, Kathy’s ex-husband unusually left her one day when he decided that he could not handle their life together anymore. Kathy, who still thinks about why Nick left her often wonders how life would be different if they were not separated. After getting evicted out of her humble abode, Kathy ponders, “My husband got to miss all this, that’s what I kept thinking that he didn’t have to be around for any of this, and I was stuck at the El Rancho motel in San Bruno” (Dubus, 34). These thoughts evidently display that Kathy has still not moven away from her past, as the first person she thinks about right after being evicted is her ex-husband. Nonetheless, when she meets Lester Burdon, she instantly feels an attraction towards him and feels that life has finally changed.

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