Post by ndefilippis on Sept 24, 2015 22:15:35 GMT
Characterization plays an important role in "The Accident". There are two main characters that are characterized, yourself, and the teenage boy in the crash. At first, the narrator, or you, is indirectly characterized as sympathetic and docile. You think how "they have every right to be upset, or livid, or even violence-contemplating". You are ready to accept the consequences of this accident, including physical punishment by these teenagers. As the story progresses, you are directly characterized as being lonely, and without much contact. This makes you a dynamic character, changing from sympathetic to longing for any and all human contact. This lonliness could also be the motivation as to why you were so sympathetic. You so desperately wanted human contact that any contact at all, even something as bad and harmful as a car accident made you happy.
A foil to your character is that of the teenager. He is a flat character that serves the purpose to contrast your desperation for human contact. He is brash, and angry, exclaiming how he "just bought that car today". He is angry that you hit his car, and pays no attention to the fact that you are very lonely. He is also a static character, he does not change at all throughout the story, remaining brash and arrogant. The only purpose he serves in the story is to contrast your lonely attitude.
A foil to your character is that of the teenager. He is a flat character that serves the purpose to contrast your desperation for human contact. He is brash, and angry, exclaiming how he "just bought that car today". He is angry that you hit his car, and pays no attention to the fact that you are very lonely. He is also a static character, he does not change at all throughout the story, remaining brash and arrogant. The only purpose he serves in the story is to contrast your lonely attitude.
