Author's Note: This is a writing piece about character development. I explain how the main character, Kate, in the book, The Juliet Club, is a dynamic character and how she changes throughout the book. I use examples and quotes from the story to support my opinion. This will hopefully help me reach one of my goals.
Imagine your perfect boyfriend just dumped you for the gorgeous, most prettiest girl in your grade. You thought he was the one, the one that you would go to senior prom with, the one that you would spend the rest of your life with. You loved him and he dumped you. So now, you've sworn off love. Not wanting to get your heart broken again. But when you travel to Italy, the heart of romance, will that swear stay or will it be broken with a charming, Italian boy? This is exactly what is happening to Kate in The Juliet Club. Kate is a very dynamic character for many reasons.
First of all, in the beginning of the story, Kate is suffering from the hard break up between her perfect, straight black hair, and hazel eyes boyfriend, Jerome Hollis. It all started when she fell for him in the science lab, when he smiled at her and then she was caught in his trap. They started to get to know each other better and went to all the high school dances together. They were officially a couple, but there was one problem, Jerome wanted the relationship to be at a "steady state." Kind of weird, right? There was something fishy going on..Then one beautiful, spring morning in May, Jerome called her up and shattered her heart, stomping on it on the way. He had dumped her for the Practically Perfect Ashley Lawson. "The fact that Practically Perfect Ashely Lawson was everything Jerome had said he didn't want- frivolous, flighty and shallow- only made matters worse" This quotes why Jerome dumped her and how shallow he was for dating another girl that was exact opposite of Kate. So now, Kate retired from the terrible, bloody battle called love.
Throughout the book everything changes. Kate finds out that her and her father won a magnificent trip to the one and only Italy, the country of romance. Kate won it for a Shakespeare contest, where she will attend a seminar about, of course, Romeo and Juliet. When Kate's best friends find out about this trip, they exclaim it’s the perfect way to get over the breakup. But Kate forbids herself to fall in love with some Italian boy. " 'I,' Kate said, enunciating as clearly as possible,' am never going to fall in love again!'" This quote shows how she made it absolutely clear that she was not going to get mixed up in the game of romance ever again! So when Kate and her father finally take that plane to Italy, Kate is in for a shocker that will change her whole perspective of teenage guys.
When she gets to romantic Italy, Kate discovers some Americans there in her seminar and some from Italy. Everything is going perfectly fine, Kate is happy to be learning about Shakespeare, but then waltz in Giamco, an all Italian boy. Kate does not get along with Giamco at all! They start bickering about everything that they are talking about at the seminar and don't stop. Giamco and Kate despise eachother very much, but when Kate hears two other teenagers planning to play a joke on Kate and Giamco, Kate informs Giamco about this and both agree to trick them back. So Kate and Giamco pretend to fall in love, even though they have nothing in common nor, can they stand each other! Everything is going according to plan, having the two teenagers think they got Kate and Giamco but really they got them. But something happens along the way, that they never thought of happening. Kate and Giamco, pretending to be in love, start really falling for each other, which is how Kate changes from swearing off love, to falling head over heels for the cutest, Italian guy in Italy. " 'I said I loved you.'" This quote shows when Giamco told Kate that he loved her and this time, really meant it!
Overall, Kate is a very dynamic character. She retired from the war of love in the beginning, but ever so slowly she starts to go in and fight again. And this time, she wins the battle. Kate learns a lot throughout her journey in Italy, knowing that maybe, just maybe, love is a good thing to have in her life. Kate does think about her swear that she made, but eventually just lets it go and changes. Giamco also changes from being a flirt and a player to an amazing person who finally gets what true love is. How would you feel if you were in Kate's position? Do you think you would change for a attractive, charming Italian sweetheart?
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