Week 3 Post #2

The authors Morrison and Updike portray their characters similarly. They both supply just enough information in hopes that readers will come to their own conclusion about the characters. Both novels seem very real. Morrison is descriptive of some characters but not all of them. Mr. Cosey is not described in as much detail as Heed and Christine. Morrison only gets intimate with a few of the characters. Both authors want the reader to feel sympathy for their characters, especially Rabbit, Heed, and Christine. There are also some differences in the portrayal of characters by Morrison and Updike. Rabbit, Run has a lot more details surrounding the characters. However, Updike is less intimate and more distant from the characters in comparison to Morrison. Morrison and Updike want the reader to see into the lives of the characters, understand their hardships, feel for the characters, and then finally reach a conclusion with the details given.