Characterizations of “The Help”

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Characterization is the technique that writers use to develop the personality of a character in a movie or book. Characters are revealed in several different ways: speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks or appearance (STEAL). Dynamic characters are ones that undergo a change from the beginning to the end of a movie or book. Static characters are ones that do not change they stay the same through the story. In all movies and books, there is always a protagonist and antagonist. The protagonist is the character whom through the story overcomes a problem, where the antagonist is considered as the bad or evil person of the story. Round characters are the ones that the writer exposes the most information, you get background and insight into that person.
The movie “The Help” has many characters that the audience or reader experiences. Hilly was the antagonist in this movie. Hilly was a typical southern woman of Mississippi in the 1960’s. She was a racist through ignorance, bitch by design, and she felt entitled to voice her intense opinions of that time. Going so far as to...

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