Insurgent Characterization

In the book Insurgent by Veronica Roth, the main character, Tris, has a very distinct character. In the book, Tris says, "Do this one thing for me. Tobias's dark eyes plead with me. But if I don't go to Erudite, who will? Tobias? It's the kind of thing he would do. I feel a pain in my chest as I lie to him. 'Okay.' 'Promise,' he says, frowning. The pain becomes an ache, spreads everywhere - all mixed together, guilt and terror and longing. 'I promise'" (313). In this quote, Tris is lying to Tobias when she tells him that she's not going to Erudite. She wants to go there so she can save her friends lives, but Tobias doesn't want her to put herself in danger. I think that this shows how Tris is caring and considerate about others, but it also shows how she is dishonest.

This quote also shows how Tris is caring and considerate of others. Roth says, "This is the last moment I will be able to turn back. The cold air stings my cheeks and my hands as I hesitate. I can walk away now. Take refuge in the Dauntless compound. Hope and pray and with that no one else dies because of my selfishness. But I can't walk away, or the guilt, the weight of Will's life, and my parents' lives, and now Marlene's life, will break my bones, will make it impossible to breathe" (319). This quote shows how Tris is caring and considerate, plus it shows how she is brave. She is doing it because she feels guilty, but at least she isn't backing down. Overall, I think that Tris is a good person who has accidentally made some mistakes that will bother her forever.

 

 

The Fault in Our Stars Characterization

In the book The Fault in Our Stars, the main character, Hazel, is a dynamic character becuase she changes very much from the beginning to the end. In the book, Hazel says, "Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death" (Green 3). This quote is from the beginning of the book, and like it says, she was depressed. She didn't have many friends and she wasn't very positive at all. Since she had cancer, she always thought about how she was going to die, instead of thinking about all she could do while she was still alive.

By the end of the book, Hazel was a completely different person. Towards the end, Hazel said, "But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful" (260). Here, Hazel is reading the eulogy to her boyfriend Augustus. She met him at Support Group and she went from being a depressed girl with no friends to being with the love of her life. He helped her think positively and enjoy life way more than she did before. This quote shows how she learned to love and think about things other than death.

 

 

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This article is about the book and the meaning of it. It talks about how you can learn things though reading and what John Green teaches throughout the book.