Love is a specialty
Love consists of many stories and good times with your family and friends, but it also consists of many challenges along the way. In “Sketches”, Eric Walters explores the impacts that love can cause people who truly care about others and or are facing the same challenges as Dana. Furthermore, love can help in times of need and this is evident in Walter’s characterization of Dana and the gloomy yet helpful setting of Toronto.
Eric Walters’ use of love in the setting, especially when they are alone on the streets at night and when Dana is in the sketches building, lets Dana, Brent, and Ashley realize that they love each other. He uses love as a primary setting when Dana, Brent, and Ashley are on the streets alone at night,
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The author uses love in character when the businessman gives her a 50-dollar bill. “He pulled out a 50 dollar bill and dropped it into the hat” (Walters 147) it proves that there are some kind-hearted people in Toronto that made her feel loved. In the story, this is very important because it proves to Dana that people care for her and her art but it also helps her in a time of need because she is in one of the toughest times in her life and her seeing that people have a place in their heart to help a young homeless girl who lives on the streets also helps her see there is love in the world but specifically in the novel. The person who gave Dana the paper that showed she was missing. This is important because it proves to her that her family does love and care for her. “There on the paper in gigantic letters was my name. Under that was my picture, and below that, it said, “help us find our daughter’” (Walters 150). This is important because it shows Dana that her parents still love her, the only people in the novel who she thought forgot about her and do not care for or about her, really do care and love her. To summarize, Walter's use of love in characterization proves that people do care for her, such as the man in the suit who gave her a 50-dollar