Friday, August 13, 2010

Dynamic Character

pg 181 "Do you think you amount to something Cohn? Do you think you belong here among us?" At this point I think it is safe to say that Mike could be considered a dynamic character. Throughout the storythe reader sees Mike as a kind man (or atleast I did). He never says much. Though there have been hints of his jealousy over Brett before, this is the first time Mike ever lets out his real feelings. He finally snaps. His character goes from that of a quietfriend to a jealous man. Though he later goes off to say that he was drunk i believe that he truly meant everything he said to Cohn. He finally had enough and needed to do something about it. I think it was really shocking to see a different side of Mike. Most of the characters in this story i felt were sort of one-dimensional. The author tells us about them directly and the way the characters act give us the same kind of information. I feel like Mike is the first character whose actions (at this point in the story) are dramatically different than that of his actions earlier on in the novel. The only other character whom i feel is the same way is Robert Cohn- which is weird because they both sort of push eachother to the edge to force out that other side of them.

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