A short essay I did for a district test concerning the change of a character throught a book The Children of the River with the writng directions included.

Writing Directions Characters in Literature Many stories include characters who change during the course of the work. These changes can be in attitudes, goals, behavior, relationships with others, or opinions about people or ideas. From a piece of literature you have studied this year, choose one character who changes in the course of the work. Write a multiparagraph essay that describes how this character changes. Include examples from the story and tell how you feel …

…reaches tword a golden and bright future. The past now seems to be past as it should be, and the future is ahead of her. As she grows into her new life emotionally, she now has someone to help her. She is no longer prisoner of the past or of war. In the end of the book, she saysthat the future is fullof shallows and rocks, but can be as joyful as she makes it.