Zorya Character Analysis Essay

The character Zorya Vechernyaya, a Slavic deity that represents the evening star that looks over doomsday, located under Ursa Minor. Her character is introduced as a greedy and dishonest scammer. Mr. Gaiman had written an indirect characterization in the first few sentences, “You see, I am the only one of us who brings in any money. The other two cannot make money fortune-telling. This because they only tell the truth, and the truth is not what people want to hear. It is a bad thing, and it troubles people, so they do not come back. But I can lie to them, tell them what they want to hear. I tell pretty fortunes.” Here is where we get her two most prominent traits, dishonesty and perception, are established. Mrs. Vechernyaya tells her
Ken shares two of the three major traits with Zorya, greediness, and perception. An example of his greediness is when some of his friends had borrowed some money, he had put interest on the amount that the individuals had borrowed. If those whose he’s lent money out fue didn’t pay the full amount back, he would then start to charge interest. This let to many owing him a ton of money. One of the individuals had owed him over five-hundred dollars at the end of grade nine—that was all in interest. That clearly shows how money hungry, he is. A parallel between Ken and Zorya was when classmates would come to him for advice, he wouldn’t give them the best advice but advice that he knew they would follow. This highlights his perception on individuals, as he could predict the outcome due to their characteristics they had previously exhibited. I find this to be similar to Mrs. Vechernyaya’s ‘fortune’ telling, they both could foresee definite result of other’s actions. To a certain extent you could say Ken and Zorya were flattering the second parties to further their relationships—allowing them to continue down their path without any