in the short story "marigolds" one dynamic character is lizabeth. A static character is ms. lottie. the reason i think lizabeth is a dynamic character is because her inner personality/feelings changes in the story. At the beginning of the story, lizabeth was going along with her brother and the neighborhood kids whenever they threw rocks into her marigold, she did not encourage it at first, she did not find it as much entertaining, they were really just bored and wanted something to do. later in the story at the climax something happened that we least expected. after lizabeth heard her dad cry about how he did not work and how it become so hard for him that her mother had to comfort him, she got upset but did not show it at first, but whenever she awoken her brother and they went down into ms. lotties yard she went and tore up her marigolds. after her brother tried stopping her from ruining them even more , she started to cry and cry. so her emotions were unexpected and changed at the end of the story. The reason i say ms. lottie is a static character is because throughout the entire short story she was considered the witch because they messed with her marigolds. and even at the end ms. lotties emotions never changed, she was upset and mad about lizabeth destroying her marigolds , so her personality remains constant and not as much surprising as lizabeth's was at the resolution. Also ms. lotties inner feelings did not decrease or increase differently, she remains upset and angry about how the neighborhood kids treated her marigolds.
I agree with you completely, but there are more static and dynamic characters in the story. For example, I personally think that her brother Joey is a dynamic character. At the beginning of the story he told Lizabeth and the neighborhood kids threw stones at the marigolds Mrs Lottie's yard to get Mrs. Lottie mad. When she did not do it, he said “You scared, Lizabeth?” making her do it. But later on Joey saw that Lizabeth was destroying the marigolds he tried to stop her. A static character would be her mom and dad they stayed the same the whole story. Her mom having to work and her dad looking for a job. Even when the book ended, he didn’t have a job and having a breakdown. Resulting in Lizabeth's destruction of the marigolds and her change in personality.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you completely,but i feel as if Miss Lottie went through different emotions throughout the story.For example you said that Miss lottie's emotions through the story were constant i think that at the beginning of the story she is very kind towards the children until they start messing with her after she tells them to stop. And towards the end i think she becomes more upset and depressed about lizabeth destroying her marigolds and the children being so mean towards her.Also i think that her brother was more of a dynamic character as well because of how he helped his sister once she tore apart the marigolds also how he told the children to pick up stones to throw at Miss Lottie.
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