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Understanding Character

Understanding Character. Lit Types LAP 1: Short Stories. Character . A character is an individual who takes part in the action of a literary work. A character is usually a person but may also be a personified plant, animal, object, or imaginary creature. Types of Characters.

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Understanding Character

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  1. Understanding Character Lit Types LAP 1: Short Stories

  2. Character • A character is an individual who takes part in the action of a literary work. A character is usually a person but may also be a personified plant, animal, object, or imaginary creature.

  3. Types of Characters • Some characters you may like; others you may detest. • The characters around whom a story is centered are the major characters. • Minor characters play lesser roles in the story and may give the major characters points of interaction.

  4. Types of Characters (continued) • Major characters can also be characterized as either protagonist or antagonist. • The protagonist has the central role in the story; the antagonist works against the protagonist, and this friction creates conflict.

  5. Types of Characters (continued) • Round Character or Flat Character • Static Character or Dynamic Character

  6. Motivation and Characterization • The force or forces that drive a character to think, feel, or behave in a certain way is called motivation. • The act of creating or describing a character is called characterization. • There are three main techniques that an author uses to form a character: • Showing what characters say, do, or think • Showing what other characters say or think about them • Describing the physical features, dress, and personalities of the characters

  7. Dialogue and Dialect • The dialogue, or conversations between two or more characters, is also revealing. • A character may speak in a dialect, or a version of a language spoken by the people of a particular place, time, or social group.

  8. “Destiny” Writing Prompt • In your journal, write a one page response on the following writing prompt: • Describe a time when someone made you look foolish in front of others. Explain what happened and you felt. • Keep this in mind when you read “Destiny” by Louise Erdrich

  9. “Destiny” Character Chart • With an assigned group, you will complete the character chart for the short story “Destiny”. • Each group will complete the chart for each character, but you will be assigned a specific character to illustrate and present to the class.

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