Thursday, December 1, 2011

In the book little women, who are the dynamic, static, round, & flat characters with evidence from the book. CANT FIND IT!i finished the book and...

First it's important to understand the definitions of
dynamic, static, round, and flat characters.  Let's look at that
first.


I usually tend to think of static characters and
flat characters as the same thing.  These are characters who don't change thoughout the
story.  If they're good at the beginning of the story, they are good at the end.  If
they are bad, at the beginning, they are bad at the end.  If they hold a certain idea at
the beginning, they still continue to hold that idea at the end of the book. This
doesn't mean that flat characters are not interesting, it just means that they are more
like a painting - always the same- rather than a movie -ever
changing.


In Little Women, some
examples of flat characters of static characters would be the girls' mother, Marmee. 
Marmee's ideas are thouroughly grounded and you don't see her being wishy-washy about
what she thinks and does.  Another example would be Professor
Bhaer.


Round or dynamic characters, on the other hand are
those characters whose opinions do change throughout the course of the novel or story. 
The characters change either by the experiences they have and what they have learned
from them.


Jo is a perfect example of a round or dynamic
character from this book (note: generally the main character will be a round or dynamic
character).  In the beginning of the novel, Jo is consumed with the romantic ideal.  She
wants to write stories about fantasy worlds and all that her imagination can think up.
Thoughout the novel though, she begins to realize that that type of writing is not as
valuable as writing about what life is really like.

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