Write an essay (500-600 words) which analyzes one of the characters listed below from a short story we have read in this course. Your essay will answer this question: What three major personality traits does the character exhibit within the short story? Your paper will point out and explain three qualities that significantly define who this fictional person is. The essay should provide evidence from the story to prove or illustrate your thesis.

Choose ONE of these characters for your character analysis

Jackie or Nora in “First Confession”
Jig or the American in “Hills Like White Elephants”
The grandmother or the Misfit in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”
Emily Grierson in “A Rose for Emily”
Mathilde or Loisel in “The Necklace”
Elisa Allen or the tinker in “The Chrysanthemums”
Sammy, Queenie, or Lengel in “A & P”
The narrator in “Araby”
Tessie Hutchinson in “The Lottery”