Thoroughly analyze one character (ie. Hercule Poirot).  Think carefully about the characteristics of the character.  What are their motivations?  How does the character evolve?  If they don’t change, what purpose does that serve?

Paper Assignment Details

3 – 5 page essay (not including the cover page and references page)

APA formatting

Discuss one ( or more) character(s) from the book, Murder on the Orient Express.

Do one of the following:

1.    Thoroughly analyze one character (ie. Hercule Poirot).  Think carefully about the characteristics of the character.  What are their motivations?  How does the character evolve?  If they don’t change, what purpose does that serve?  What is the character’s overall impact on the plot/final outcome of the story?

2.    Analyze the human traits that the author is trying to highlight in the story.  What characters best embody those things?  How?  Why does the author use those characters and why are those traits so crucial to the plot?