Watsons Go To Birmingham Character Analysis

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Byron’s Transformation Many people assume that in situations you need to cope with society in a mature way. This is seen in Christopher Curtis’s historical fiction novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963, when The Watsons go to Grandma Sans. The dynamic characters in the novel, Byron, transforms after arriving in Birmingham. Byron Watsons’ transformation is so important because in situations you need to cope in a mature way. When Byron heard that someone had bombed the church that joey was in,”And he was gone, exploding out of the front door trying to zip up his pants at the same time he ran off the porch.”(183). The character learns that you need to get your head out of the clouds and come into reality. The evidence supports the claim

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The Watsons Go To Birmingham Character Analysis

“People change over time”. This statement is a big part of the characters in The Watsons Go to Birmingham. The story is filled with character changes,From emotionally to spiritually . A few examples are Byron, Kenny, And The Family all together.So lets ‘change’ the subject. So let’s start off with Byron, Byron is the most changed character in this story. He started off as a budding delinquent. The typical 50s greaser, a real tough guy. He even had his own greaser nickname ‘Daddy cool’. He wouldn’t…

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Character Analysis: The Watsons Go To Birmingham

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Watsons Go To Birmingham By Christopher Paul Curtis: Character Analysis

than help them achieve their goals. This was the kind of brother that Byron Watson was to his little brother Kenny, and his younger sister Joetta. He was a disobedient thirteen year old young boy who antagonized many other children who were much younger. The constant bullying, coarseness towards his parents, and setting many fires inside of the upstairs bathroom proves this even further. In the novel the Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis,a young teenager Byron, was forced to move in…

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Character Analysis Of Kenny In The Watsons Go To Birmingham By Christopher Paul Curtis

In the novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis, Kenny wonders why his brother Byron is so mean to people. Does Kenny treat others better than Byron does? Believe it or not, Kenny actually does treat others better. In chapter one, Kenny well knows Byron and Buphead treated him like a ragdoll one night. Both Byron and Buphead taught him how to “survive a blizzard” by pushing him around and practically covering him in snow from head to toe. The day after Byron…

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