Character

 Author's Note: This is a response to Number the Stars. We were asked to explain if a character was static or dynamic in the course of the book.

 In the novel Number the Stars Annemarie,  is young girl living in the Holocaust. She's goes to school and she plays with her sister and best friend Ellen. Annemarie hardly ever acted out toward her parents. She is quite shy and minds her own business.  As the Holocaust is getting worse Annemarie had to change her ways and become a brave child.

 Her friend Ellen is Jewish and she has to help protect her from the soldiers. At such a young age she is forced to be brave. I believe Annemarie is dynamic because in the beginning of the book she was bit more shy and weak but at the end of the book she becomes very brave when she faces danger. Annemarie being dynamic affects the events in the story because in the end if she hadn't become  brave her friend's family would not have been safe.