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Character Development Comparison/Contrast (BR 2)One traumatic experience can alter the course of geniuss life. In Snow in August, the main character sees a brutal beating by the local bully, and from then on he is laboured to live in fear by never saying a word about what had happened. In The Client, almost the same conflict, the main character witnesses and is told important information from a lawyer, who mob ties, and commits suicide. With this he is also marked for death by the mobsters to ensure his silence. Perhaps the saying being at the wrong hind end and the wrong time got these two characters in a heap of trouble.In Snow in August, Michael changed when him and his bewilder were attacked by Frankie and the Falcons. They held Michael down and made him watch his mother get raped by Frankie. Michael fought his hardest but couldnt break loose. He said hurt me, it has nothing to do with my mother.(217) This showed Michaels bravery and respect. He repeated to shout out I won t publish no one, please stop. He would do anything to save his mother. Michael was never the same after that incident. He was in fog and would not leave his apartment building. He stopped meeting with the Rabbi, being an alter boy, and reading comic books. What happened to his mother traumatized him. In the second book I read, The Client, the young boy changes after he is threatened with a knife to his neck by someone in the mob, to stay silent. Before that, Mark, the young boy, was a joker and wasnt really serious about anything. The terrible incident between him and the guy in the mob changed Mark. He was now extremely panicked and confused. He couldnt trust anyone with the information he withheld. He decided to stay quiet and not to show his feelings. He was not joking or playing around anymore. This was a matter of life or death. In court he said I plead the 5th, which meant he wouldnt tell the judge anything. He was thinking about himself and his family, and how if he says a word he will be killed. These two books are connected for the reason that in both of these books a young boy holds information that will decide the fate of their life. Each boy saw something that they werent supposed to and were getting punished for it.