Mentor

Mentor is exactly what his name is, a mentor for the children of Village. Mentor is quiet and calm usually, he is a dynamic character and an antagonist in the novel, too. He also has a red birthmark on his face and it is mentioned when Matty is talking about him, “... was sometimes affectionately called 'Rosy' by the children because of the crimson birthmark that spread across his face." (Lowry, chapter 1). Also, later on in the novel Mentor goes to Trade Mart. This changes him after he trades his “deepest self” for the Stock-tender's widow, which is said in chapter 8, “... Jean began to cry softly. “Yes,” she said. “He has traded his deepest self.”... “For Stock-tender's widow,” she said, weeping…” (Lowry, chap 8). These quotes also show how Mentor is involved with the smaller conflicts in the story. Although, he was a nicer man. Then after he went to Trade Mart, he suddenly turned cruel. All the children used to love him, and he was a friend of everyone in Village. By the this end of the story, he is a friend again.