Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants Character Analysis

In “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” by Ann Brashares she develops each character through their tone in their letters and their thoughts. The book is about four different girls who are all best best friends and have to spend the summer apart. As they each write short letters to each other the reader learns more about each character and their new environment by the tone of the letter. Carmen’s tone is the most negative, especially in the middle “‘Fine,’ Carmen said benevolently.” The connotation of benevolently makes the reader think of a kind hearted and loving person which Carmen is with her friends but is the sharp contrast how she acts towards her father. She is super excited to go visit her dad but her plans get ruined when he reveals that he has a new house and family. Carmen who has a short temper then becomes bitter. Her actions are irrational and rude to everyone who that ruined what she wanted this summer. She has a very angry tone towards her father and his new family. She eventually runs back to her mother’s house where
As bad and good things happened to them their toned changed, their reaction to these different conflicts shaped their character. Carmen who got her heart broken was one of the most affected by her conflict, her response to her conflict showed the reader how her fiery and confident shell could easily be broken, but also be repaired by the ones the loves. Tibby who lost a new friend also needed someone to be there to help her to deal, she relies on old friends as they return to be her rock in all the things going on. Leena relied on her sister for advice but mostly dealt with it on her own and learned more about herself by just sitting with Bapi. Carmen really just needed someone to help her evaluate why she was angry and at who but she also made a lot of decisions by herself and just needed a long time to think and sort out her own