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Dynamic Character In Gathering Blue

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People who are dynamic change throughout a story or their life, and people who are static don’t change at all.Gathering Blue is a story about a girl named kira who lives in a dystopian society. Maslow 's Hierarchy proves this statement by the 5 sections that make it up. In Gathering Blue there are a lot of characters that are dynamic and static.

Kira is a dynamic character who changes throughout the story. Kira is a girl who lives in a cott. Her father was killed by “beast”. Kira is dynamic at first because only has a shelter, food, water, and sleep. Then when Kira 's mom died she had a trial that would determine if she would live or die. When Kira won this trial she was moved into the Council of Edifice where she sustained the orange …show more content…

Matt is in the lowest section of the hierarchy the physiological. He earned this level by being so poor and lonely. But when Kira won her trial that all changed, and Matt didn’t go up so far he only earned up to the yellow section. Matt was a lot of help to Kira for finding blue “over yonder”. When Matt finally reached his love/belonging which contained friendship, family, and sexual intimacy.

Thomas is a character who is static or does not change on the hierarchy.Thomas was very young when he moved into the Council of Edifice. And he always stayed at the Esteem or the green level. He did this by having self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect by others and to others. In Gathering Blue Thomas has a lot of suspicions and answers, and he taught Kira how to read and write. At the end of the story Thomas really thought hard and found out his parents, Kira 's parents, and Jo’s parents were all taken out by the council of edifice because they were special.

As you can see these characters are either dynamic or static.Gathering Blue is a story about a girl named kira who lives in a dystopian society. Maslow 's Hierarchy proves this statement by the 5 sections that make it up. People who are dynamic change throughout a story or their life, and people who are static don’t change at

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