In Graeme Simsion’s romance novel, The Rosie Project, the two main characters, Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are depicted as contrasting and opposing in personality. In the opening chapters of the novel Don Tillman is portrayed as a logical and concentrated individual, while Rosie Jarman is seen to be a stunning but unorganised woman. Throughout the novel, both characters develop and change; Don becomes more in touch with his emotions, while Rosie is adapting her language to Don’s. In the final chapter of the novel, both characters realise that they are meant for each other so they wed and live together in New York. As these characters change through the novel, Simsion slowly manipulates their personalities from juxtaposing to almost identical.
Primarily, in the opening chapters, the personalities of the characters are unveiled by their actions and their dialogue. Don Tillman is a ‘thirty-nine year old, tall, fit and intelligent’ man, whose attains…show more content… In the beginning and in certain parts throughout the novel Don is depicted as an unsocial university professor, while Rosie is portrayed as a carefree and emotional barmaid. As the romantic novel progresses, Don is naïve for his love for Rosie as Rosie takes control of his life, changing his ways without his knowledge. At the conclusion of the novel, Don realises how repetitive his life has been, until Rosie arrived to change him, but Rosie unveils some of her secrets and changes parts of her personality to suit her new husband Don. This story depicts the impact of a personality disorder on any person and also what the impacts of love can do to somebodies life. To conclude, Simsion’s novel compares two drastically different personalities and their journey of being brought together through a single
