Comparing Characterization in Alias Grace, Their Eyes Were Watching God

depiction in Alias free grace, Their eyeball Were watching God, and Fools Crow Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood is a novel where the principal(prenominal) character Grace is a sort of mystery character. In the supplant she is at peace, but on that point are still many questions or so her left unanswered. Because Atwoods style of writing is informative, yet unclear at the identical time, the audience is left to put the pieces of the puzzle that is Grace together themselves. This leaves the reviewer guessing some her character. Two other works that contrast the movie of Grace Atwood uses in Alias Grace are Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and Fools Crow in Fools Crow by James Welch. The moving-picture show the authors use in these three novels determines how well the lector will get to cognize the main characters in terms of emotion. Characterization is one of the main components of writing a novel. Most of the time in a novel the attributes of the main character are well known. By the time youve finished the novel, you feel as if you know all that there is to know ab protrude that person. In the case of Alias Grace, Atwood leaves more(prenominal) to questions about Graces character than are answered. It seems as if the more you learn about her life, the more of a mystery she becomes. It is the lectors job to take what is known about Grace and piece her together the best she can. In a review of the book, David Wiley states, What unfolds is that no one will ever know Grace (Wiley 3). Her personality is never totally revealed, and the reader is left wondering who she is. One character, Dr. Jordan never finds out anything new about her personality than any of the other doctors who evaluated her before did. She t... ...statement The picture the authors use in these three novels determines how well the readers will get to know the main characters in terms of emotion. I. Characterization of Grace A. What role characteri zation plays B. How well the reader gets to know Grace II. Characterization of Janie A. Hurstons development of Janie B. What the reader learns about Janie III. Contrast of Janie and Grace A. What makes the two characters different B. Contrasting views on love and marriage IV. Characterization of Fools Crow A. Transformation made by his character B. How his character is developed V. Contrast of Fools Crow and Grace A. residuum in the two characters emotions B. Reaction (emotionally) to different situations