From good to evil

"I will revenge my injuries: if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear, and chiefly towards you my arch-enemy, because my creator, do I swear inextinguishable hatred." (pg. 104)

This quote represents the dynamic character of the creature very well. When the creature was created, it had no sense of emotion or anything. He had to learn that from others around him, and in the novel he learns the good side of humanity and how to be compassionate from the cottagers. However, when he is then exposed to the rejection and the anger of humanity, he learns this as well and very quickly changes into an evil creature. This change is emphasized even more when Victor refuses to create a female for the creature causing the creature to seek even greater revenge because he knows he will only ever be rejected. This change in character emphasizes the evil and intolerance of humanity. Through a change of a dynamic character, the author is capable of showing us how evil humanity is instead of just telling the reader. This method has a greater impact on the reader and the theme of the story.

Very dynamic

After reading the chapter "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong", I came across reading about a character who is about as dynamic as it gets. Her name is Mary Anne and she is a girlfriend of a soldier who works at a emergency care place for the wounded. He smuggled her to Vietnam so they could be together, and ther changes that she goes through are enormous. When she arrives, she is an innocent, curious girl who has lived in a civilized society all her life. However, by the end of the chapter, she turns into a girl that is described as this: "At the girl's throat was a necklace of human tongues." To me, this is enough to show how dynamic of a character she is. I think the way the author uses this, however, is very effective. He is able to display how easily Vietnam can change a person from being civilized to almost an animal. In just 3 weeks, that is what she became.