comparative essay
I have sent emails to you to talk about my devised topic. My topic is to talk about memorable characters: round and dynamic, flat or static. These characters play different roles for different purpose. I will choose one character form each of Charlotte 's Web and Hana 's Suitcase that I find are important to their stories. I will examine their development, their purposes in the text and their overall impact on the themes.
The round and dynamic characters in Charlotte’s Web and Hana’s Suitcase The protagonist of Charlotte’s Web is the pig Wilbur, though the title is named after Charlotte. As a round character, Wilbur is described in detail and fully developed from his appearance to characteristics. First of all, the appearance of Wilbur is depicted in different stages: when he was born, “It was a white one. The morning light shone through its ears, turning them pink”(White 6), and when he got famous, “Note the smoothness and whiteness of the coat, observe the spotless skin, the healthy pink glow of ears and snout”(White 135). What’s more, the diet, nature and hobbies of Wilbur are introduced in the text. For example, his breakfast usually includes skim milk, crusts, potato skins and shredded wheat etc.; his lunch could be middlings, warm water, apple parings, meat scraps, carrot scrapings and stale hominy etc.; the supper for him may have skim milk, provender, prune skins and so on (White 22-23). Being faithful to the facts that Wilbur, after all, is a pig, it was difficult for him to reject the lure of a pail of warm slops (White 19-20); and his hobbies are definitely sleep, digging and rooting the ground with his snout and rubbing the fence for scratching itch. By looking through the full story, Wilbur has undergone an internal change, which indicates he is also a dynamic character who matures from helplessness when he learns that he is to be slaughtered, to being able to take action by ensuring the
The round and dynamic characters in Charlotte’s Web and Hana’s Suitcase The protagonist of Charlotte’s Web is the pig Wilbur, though the title is named after Charlotte. As a round character, Wilbur is described in detail and fully developed from his appearance to characteristics. First of all, the appearance of Wilbur is depicted in different stages: when he was born, “It was a white one. The morning light shone through its ears, turning them pink”(White 6), and when he got famous, “Note the smoothness and whiteness of the coat, observe the spotless skin, the healthy pink glow of ears and snout”(White 135). What’s more, the diet, nature and hobbies of Wilbur are introduced in the text. For example, his breakfast usually includes skim milk, crusts, potato skins and shredded wheat etc.; his lunch could be middlings, warm water, apple parings, meat scraps, carrot scrapings and stale hominy etc.; the supper for him may have skim milk, provender, prune skins and so on (White 22-23). Being faithful to the facts that Wilbur, after all, is a pig, it was difficult for him to reject the lure of a pail of warm slops (White 19-20); and his hobbies are definitely sleep, digging and rooting the ground with his snout and rubbing the fence for scratching itch. By looking through the full story, Wilbur has undergone an internal change, which indicates he is also a dynamic character who matures from helplessness when he learns that he is to be slaughtered, to being able to take action by ensuring the
Cited: Levine, Karen. Hana’s Suitcase. Toronto: Second Story Press, 2002. Print. White, E.B. "Charlotte`s Web" (n.d.): 1-157. 27 Mar. 2007. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. <http://colegio- rousseau.edu.mx/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Charlottes_Web.pdf>.