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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.
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
- 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)
- 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
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.
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“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