Character Analysis of Sasha Uskov - 1765 Words

Authors use many literary methods to acquaint the reader with the main character. Most authors typically reveal the personality traits of their main character through characterization. In the short story, â€Å"A Problem† the author was able to allow the reader to explore the characterization of the main character, Sasha Uskov in several distinct ways. Through the narrator’s statement, the author was able to reveal to the reader the motives and conflicts of Sasha’s character and the other supporting characters. Describing Sasha’s character through his own actions reveals to the reader what they need know about his role in the story. The use of dialogue and thoughts helps the reader focus on how this affects the projection of point of view and†¦show more content†¦The dialogue among the other characters and revealed that Sasha’s problems began early in his life stemming from having no parents, being uneducated and lacked a moral compass: â€Å"†¦remember that Sasha had received practically no education; he had been expelled from the high school in the fifth class; he had lost his parents in early childhood, and so had been left at the tenderest age without guidance and good, benevolent influences. He was nervous, excitable, had no firm ground under his feet, and, above all, he had been unlucky. â€Å" This allows for the reader to decide whether or not to see Sasha through their own moral, ethics and compassion. The author purposely focused on the morals, ethics and compassion of the problem that centered around Sasha’s character and its impact on the Uskov family- â€Å"He felt neither terror, shame, nor depression, but only weariness and inward emptiness. It seemed to him that it made absolutely no difference to him whether they forgave him or not; he had come here to hear his sentence and to explain himself simply because kind-hearted Ivan Markovitch had begged him to do so. He was not afraid of the future. It made no difference to him where he was: here in the hall, in prison, or in Siberia.† His life’s hardships were mirrored by his family’s name and status in their respective community. Sasha’s thoughts influence his action and become the catalyst for the events in the story. Within the story’s dialogue,