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- You will be able to state the difference between round vs. flat characters and as well as dynamic vs. static characters using novels, pop culture, and real life.

- You will be able to classify which characters in a novel are round/flat or static/dynamic and will be able to connect this classification to the development and purpose of the character.

Now that you understand it on a surface level...

Examples in "To Kill a Mockingbird"

When we first meet Scrooge, he is mean and bitter, but through the action of the plot with the three ghosts, he becomes generous, kind, and beloved

You can watch an episode of FRIENDS from season 1 and an episode from season 10, yet Joey Tribbiani will still be the same...ladies man

Examples from "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Character Types

Round vs. Flat Characters

Dynamic vs. Static Characters

Flat Characters

Round Characters

- Characters we don't know well

- Not much detail about their appearance, thoughts, feelings, etc.

- Characters who are less developed and one-sided

- Embody or represent a single characteristic, trait, or idea

- Tend to be minor characters...purpose is to advance the plot

- Characters we know well

- Detailed enough to seem real - we know what they look like, how they act, what they're thinking, what they love/hate, strengths, weaknesses, etc.

- Characters who are more developed physically, mentally, and emotionally (complex)

- Embody a number of qualities and traits

- Tend to be more central characters (protagonist)

Once a villian, always a villian...

Static Characters

Goals

Dynamic Characters

- A character whose personality or insight does not change throughout the events in the story's plot

- They will interact, but not be changed by anyone

- Usually supporting characters or sidekicks (support the dynamic characters)

- Lack of change helps the dynamic characters stand out and illuminate how they have changed

- A character who undergoes an important, internal change because of the action in the plot (usually major characters)

- Changes include ones of insight, understanding, or in values (internal) - may "grow" as a person

- Usually a personality change occurs throughout the plot

- Their change sometimes helps reveal theme

- Can be good or bad change

- Usually a main/central character

Round Characters

Examples

Why are these characters round?

Flat Characters

Examples

Check for Understanding

Boo Radley

Round or Flat?

Dill Harris

Round or Flat?

The tree in "The Giving Tree" is always giving. It is defined by this characteristic. Why would the author not fully develop a character? What purpose does this serve? (Teach a lesson, be a foil). Would it have the same effect if it was the sometimes-giving tree.

Atticus Finch

Round or Flat?

Why are these characters flat?

Let's understand it a little deeper!

Dynamic Characters

2:46 - 3:54

Examples

Check for Understanding

Tom Robinson

Dynamic or Static?

Ms. Maudie

Dynamic or Static?

Jem Finch

Dynamic or Static?

Why are these characters dynamic?

Static Characters

Examples

5:25 - 6:45

Why are these characters static?

Purpose

Dynamic Characters: We "see" characters change...but let's go deeper than the surface. So what? Why does the character change? What does an author try to teach us about life when a bad character becomes good or when a selfish person learns to be selfless...or when any character learns something and goes through changes?

Tracking character change helps:

1. Reveal theme

2. Gives you a deeper understanding of the text.

3. Helps you better analyze the purpose of the characters

All of which can help you connect the characters to real life!

Static Characters: lack of change makes us question why there is no change. What does the author reveal about life when a bad character never changes his/her ways? Lack of change also makes the dynamic characters' changes stand out more.

“Miss Ingram was a mark beneath jealousy: she was too inferior to excite feeling. Pardon the seeming paradox; I mean what I say. She was very showy, but she was not genuine; she had a fine person, many brilliant attainments, but her mind was poor, her heart barren by nature; nothing bloomed spontaneously on that soil; no unforced natural fruit delighted by its freshness. She was not good; she was not original; she used to repeat sounding phrases from books; she never offered, nor had, an opinion of her own. She advocated a high tone of sentiment, but she did not know the sensations of sympathy and pity; tenderness and truth were not in her”

Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Buck Merrill

Round or Flat?

Ponyboy Curtis

Round or Flat?

Johnny

Round or Flat?

Steve

Dynamic or Static?

Two-Bit

Dynamic or Static?

Randy

Dynamic or Static?

End - caring Dad

Beginning - evil villain

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