Exercise 11 - Pick four predominate aspects of your character’s personality or behaviour and consider whether they are a result nature or nurture.
Emily Rosen
Responsible - Nurture - She got her responsible nature from the fact that she is the oldest of 7. She has helped her working mother raise her siblings and take care of the household since she was five and her second sibling was born.
Curious - Natural - This is a trait she tried to suppress for a very long time, because it was not prudent for a girl with lots of work to do and little education to wonder so much about the world. She is able to use this trait more when she gets out of her indentured servitude.
Efficient - Nurture - She had to learn to work hard both at home and for her job.
Practical - Nurture - Comes from growing up without much money and learning how to make ends meet.
Exercise 10 - Describe your character’s handwriting and consider how it might reflect aspects of their personality.
Emily Rosen
She doesn’t learn to write until she is 16. She writes slowly at first, careful to form the letters perfectly, but as she finds she needs to write things down quickly she develops a very scrawled, messy writing that even she sometimes has trouble reading. This reflects how she is willing to take the time to make things perfect, but also recognizes when she doesn’t have the time and needs to just get things done.
Exercise 9 - Describe in detail how your character handles and deals with anger.
Emily Rosen
She doesn’t get angry easily, as working as part of the lower class means she has learned to school her emotions. When she does start to grow angry, she will just get quiet and press her lips together. It takes a lot to get her to the point where she starts arguing or full out yelling at someone. Afterwards she feels silly like a child who has just had a tantrum.
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