Part one of term paper
- Characters are defined by what they can and can not accept People can be defined as a result of their actions toward particular incidents, as they act according to their beliefs. Authors try to encourage their reader to understand the key characters in their novel by building up their emotional worth, personality and nature. Authors will g ...

Part two of term paper
... characters in the novel respond according to their beliefs. A character reacts in a particular way towards certain situations which shows that they are in agreement to or that they oppose the idea being presented. This suggests that characters are defined by what they can and can not accept about themselves and others. Individual characters can be interpreted by what they can accept about themselves. In the novel The Great Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson is the woman with whom Tom Buchanan is having an affair ...