That Was Then, This Is Now
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round, flat, static, and dynamic characters
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In the book that was then this is now, what characters do you think are flat, round, static, and dynamic. A flat character does not have a lot of depth a round character is the complete opposite and has tons of traits. A static character stays the same throughout the story and a dynamic character changes very much in the story. I believe that Bryon is a very dynamic character because in the beginning he is best friends with Mark and lives with him and in the end he calls the cops on mark and mark goes to jail for a very long time and they never want to see each other again.
Response: Mark, the other main character is round but static. He is static because he stays the same guy throughout the book, who is tough and jacks cars. he is round because he has many different interesting facts.
Response: Mark, the other main character is round but static. He is static because he stays the same guy throughout the book, who is tough and jacks cars. he is round because he has many different interesting facts.
I don't think Mark was static. At the beginning of the book he's described as friendly and innocent (in the sense of not seeing what he does as wrong) and Bryon constantly compares him to being a loyal lion, that everyone wants standing between them and the world. By the end of the book Mark isn't friendly and carefree. Like he says, he can't talk himself out of trouble anymore. Bryon is actually scared of him. Mark is hardened and bitter, and doesn't see any future for himself. All Mark really had was Bryon, and he was betrayed by him.
So I would say that he is quite dynamic, but I can see how you could overlook that as we as readers are just told about Mark, while we aren't really shown much.
Bryon is harder for me because his change is more as a result of what he has done, rather then character growth. He suddenly starts to see Mark in this bad light, partly due to Cathy and it changes his relationship with Mark, but I doesn't really change his characteristics, until after Mark is turned in. Then he kind of goes through the same thing Ponyboy did in The Outsiders. So yes, I would say he is dynamic, but not in the sense that his character has grown, just changed.
In saying that, the characters in TWT,TIS actually all kind of fell flat for me, compared with The Outsiders. I think were told too much about everyone, but never shown much to get our own idea of the characters. I found it funny that by the end, i didnt much care about the characters, while reading The Outsiders, I was deeply invested in all of them. The difference in the writing became really obvious to me, when Ponyboy appeared and I wanted to know more about how he was going then about Bryon or Mark. I could write pages about each Outsiders character but by the end of TWTTIS, I still kind of felt I didn't really know the characters.
So I would say that he is quite dynamic, but I can see how you could overlook that as we as readers are just told about Mark, while we aren't really shown much.
Bryon is harder for me because his change is more as a result of what he has done, rather then character growth. He suddenly starts to see Mark in this bad light, partly due to Cathy and it changes his relationship with Mark, but I doesn't really change his characteristics, until after Mark is turned in. Then he kind of goes through the same thing Ponyboy did in The Outsiders. So yes, I would say he is dynamic, but not in the sense that his character has grown, just changed.
In saying that, the characters in TWT,TIS actually all kind of fell flat for me, compared with The Outsiders. I think were told too much about everyone, but never shown much to get our own idea of the characters. I found it funny that by the end, i didnt much care about the characters, while reading The Outsiders, I was deeply invested in all of them. The difference in the writing became really obvious to me, when Ponyboy appeared and I wanted to know more about how he was going then about Bryon or Mark. I could write pages about each Outsiders character but by the end of TWTTIS, I still kind of felt I didn't really know the characters.
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