Characters+and+character+development

The characters in //Year of Wonders// are complex and contradictory. Describe in detail the characters of Anna, Elinor and the Rector at the beginning of the novel compared with what they are like at the end of the novel. Which people and events shaped and changed them throughout the course of the novel? What have they experienced over the course of the novel?


 * Anna**

Anna is the narrator of the story – we see the story through her eyes. Is what she tells us, as readers, the truth?

What has happened to her? What did her husband do? What happened to him? What happened to her children? Was George Vickers her lover? What was her relationship to Elinor and Rev Mompellion?What work did she do? What kind of work did she do over the course of the novel? How did it change?

How did her relationship with Rev Mompellion and Elinor change over the novel?

Describe the relationship Anna has with her Father and how it changes.

How did her relationship with God and understanding of God change over the course of the story?


 * The Rector**

Find and write down physical descriptions of the Rector in parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the book.

When Anna first meets him – he is the Reverend, then he becomes Mr Mompellion then he becomes Michael – what does this tell us, as readers about what Anna thinks of him?

Explain the relationship the Rector has with his horse – Aphra?

Are Elinor and Michael in love?

Is the Rector a man of principle?