Sunday, December 1, 2013

Lit Analysis

Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

I am in a group with Danny Luu, Jenna Noce, and Miranda Nillo.

2. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character?  How?  Example(s)?
3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic?  Flat or round?  Explain.

2.The author's syntax and diction doesn't change when he focuses on the character because he uses the same type of style for his sentences and the same type of word choice for both dialogue and narration.

  • "'I perceive your tongue is,' returned madame; ' and what the tongue is, I suppose the man is.' He did not take the identification as a compliment; but he made the best of it, and turned it off with a laugh. After sipping his cognac to the end, he added...". (P. 177)
3. I think the protagonist is round and dynamic because, after leaving his French royal title, he moves on to find life without being ridiculed by the social discrimination and injustices of the life in France. He then starts to build up courage to show his true identity to the people that he meets. This shows that he is a dynamic character because he starts to let go of his camouflage, his different persona to others and starts to show the real person that he is inside. When he comes back to France, he realizes that the life he left before is the same.


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