The Year Of The Flood Character Analysis

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The Year of the Flood is told from two characters, Toby and Ren, throughout the book varying distinct points of view. Toby’s story is being conveyed in third person where her thoughts and feelings are rarely spoken. This void of emotions leads to a more objective portrayal of Toby’s character. Since personal thoughts are not often available in Toby’s viewpoint, the reader depends on Toby’s actions or other’s opinions of her. Notes on beauty men fantasies Vs. Toby Pg.244 “I’m the wrong body type, she thought. Too muscular. No doubt he likes the jiggles.” Pg.35 “maybe you’ll be okay- he’s doing that girl Dora, and he mostly does just the one at a time, and you’re kind of scrawny and he likes the curvy butts.” Pg.38 “His view that a woman with…show more content…
Similar and contrasting attributes are seen in Toby to The Angel of the House. In the poem it states, “She was utterly unselfish. She excelled in the difficult arts of family life. She sacrificed herself daily.” On the opposing side Toby stayed in college disregarding her parents’ conflicts. Her mother was really ill and her father was becoming finically unstable. Toby should of came back to her parent’s house to morally be there for her family. Later in the story Toby’s character develops to a motherly side towards Ren. Toby helps Ren numerous times throughout the story sometimes risking herself for Ren’s sake. For example when Ren had nowhere to go after being abandoned by her mother, Lucerne, Toby gave her a job at AnooYoo Spa. Toby told Ren about how she has to have facial reconstruction to hide from Blanco, thus creating a new identity as Tobiatha. Keeping Ren close to her in the Anayoo Spa was very risky towards in keeping her new identity. Near the end of the story, Toby helps out Ren reunite with Amanda even though they might get killed trying to look for her in this pandemic plague. The most important trait of The Angel of the House was she was pure, in my opinion I considered Toby pure once she joined the gardeners. After Toby running away from her past, she fell into a lot of financial struggles….in order to get money she

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