Transcript Characters - Laing Middle School

Characters
Protagonist
• A protagonist is the main character in a story.
• He/she is the person whom the action
(conflict) centers around.
• He/she is usually seen as a good person or
hero/heroine.
• He/she is usually round and dynamic.
Antagonist
• An antagonist is a character or force that
holds the action back.
• The antagonist wants something in opposition
to the protagonist.
• Usually seen as a bad person/force or villain.
Characters
• A character is a person (or a nonhuman that
acts like a person) in a story.
• The main character is the person that the
story is mainly about.
• A secondary character is a character that has
a small or less important part in the story.
Characters
• Characters can be static, dynamic, round, or
flat, depending on whether they go through
an important change, and whether they are
simple or complex.
Character
Type
Definition
Example
Explanation
Static
A static
character
does not
really change
in the course
of the story.
The Big Bad
Wolf in
“Little Red
Riding Hood”
He is a “bad
guy” at the
beginning of
the story,
and remains
bad
throughout.
Character
Type
Dynamic
Definition
Example
A dynamic
Pinocchio
character
goes through
a significant
change by
the end of
the story.
Explanation
By the end
of the story,
he learns to
behave and
not to lie,
and then
changes into
a real boy.
Character Definition
Type
Flat
A flat
character is
very basic, with
only one or two
main
characteristics
Example
Explanation
The Hare
from “The
Tortoise and
the Hare”
He is only
shown as
egotistical,
concerned
about
himself and
nothing else
Character
Type
Definition
Example
Round
A round
Robinson
character
Crusoe
has multiple
characteristi
cs and
concerns.
Round
characters
are more like
real people.
Explanation
He has many
concerns and
characteristi
cs. In some
ways he is
admirable,
and in other
ways he is
not