Analysis Of Dynamic Characters In Sredni Vashtar

What is the one thing that is most important in the world? That makes it whimsical and tolerable? Imagination. As a child, one’s imagination is his most important tool. Or at least is was for a young, 10-year-old boy named Conradin, who made his life livable by using his imagination. Although all children have the ability to have a grand imagination, Conradin’s was exponential. But, at what point is it possible that the child no longer has control of his mind, rather it controls him? Conradin, in the story “Sredni Vashtar,” is a young child who was deemed to not live to the age of fifteen (paragraph 1). In his dreary lifestyle, living in a middle class house with an opprobrious guardian who never allowed him the slightest amount of anything

Conradin, who is the protagonist of the story, is a round character - complex and has a plethora of realism. There are also flat, static, and dynamic characters. Flat characters are much like static characters, who are occasionally just in the background of a story. But in some cases these characters are imperative to the development of the story, like Mrs. De Ropp. Finally there are dynamic characters. Dynamic characters are similar to round characters, like static and flat characters are alike. Dynamic characters usually go through some powerful inner change and are likely to be the

One example of this type of characterization is in paragraph 20, the maid indifferently asked Conradin about where Mrs. De Ropp was and paid very little attention to him and his answer. Additionally, there are times in this short story where Mrs. De Ropp’s actions and words give way to an understanding of Conradin and the type of character he is. In paragraph 5, Mrs. De Ropp gives Conradin a slice of toast, which is a pleasure in his household. This could tell the author that Conradin would be more grateful for the smaller things in life.
Without Conradin in this story, it is very likely that the entire plot would have had a different order, or could have quite possibly been another story completely. But Conradin assisted in developing the story as well as playing a crucial role in how the story and the concept of this story are conveyed to the audience. Of how a young child uses his ability of creating things in his own mind, to bring into existence this wonderful escape from a mentally pulverizing world. There are still many ways to fabricate one’s escape from one’s reality. As one ages, will his ways change? Will he abandon the mind of a child and use more sensible ways to cope with a difficult time or struggle? Or would he keep his peculiar childish way of thinking to elude from the strife of