Carol is met with disappointment. The small town is very run down and dilapidated. Its appearance gives a feeling of blandness. It leaves the reader with an image that is little to be desired. Carol is continually being brought down by the town’s physical appearance, the same physical appearance that she is trying to change. The story shows that Carol is knocked down, but at the same time motivated to alter this poor excuse for a town. Paragraph 8An additional character in this novel is Carol’s husband, Dr. William Kennicott. Will is a man of above average stature and of somewhat considerable strength. His years in Gopher Prairie have made his skin weathered and red. He was well known as a great doctor and he was also well read in many other areas. He was the town’s pharmacist, doctor, surgeon, and tax consultant. He always tried to be a good husband to Carol, but their views of married life were varied. Will felt she should stay home and mind the children, while he went out and made a living. He wasn’t a bad person because this was the typical situation of the early 1900's, he was only naive.Paragraph 9The dynamic character of this selection is also the protagonist. In the beginning all Carol wanted to do with her life is go out and change the world. She loved a man in college, but left him forever because she felt she needed to pursue her life’s ambition. Shortly after she encountered William Kennicott. He was so overwhelming that she immediately fell in love with him. After a year Carol moved to Gopher Prairie with Will. Throughout the time they spent together all of her attempts to change the community failed. Eventually Carol became so fed up that she left and went to Washington. While there Carol realized that she loved Will, she decided that she would go back to Gopher Prairie and become the house wife which he always desired.Paragraph 10In the novel Main Street by Sinclair Lewis...
