The Use Of Secondary Characters In High Fidelity By Nick Hornby

The man who came to the narrator's workplace in the beginning also plays a big role in the story. His part was brief, but he is an important character. His appearance in the story not only expresses how some people are changing and becoming tolerant, but his offer brings the narrator a big opportunity that shapes the conclusion of the story. The narrator's neighbor is the final major character in the story. His role is also brief, but he has a strong impact in the story.

Characters play a major role in ensuring that the novels can be read and comprehended. However, the success of a novel is dependent on the quality of characterization and whether they will attract the

Each character travels through life maintaining relationships which exist on a very shallow and superficial level. There are of course an exception here and there, but the majority of the relationships drastically lack substance.

This inherently allows the reader to begin the story with a sort of pre-established understanding of the characters and as we read on throughout the story we are further enlightened as to who and what these characters truly are about. The main characters in the story who are involved in the central conflict are: Matt Fowler,

The minor characters in a story can play such a major role. In the novel, “The Strange Case of Dr .Jekyll and Mr.Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson, the readers are introduced to several minor characters, such as Lanyon, Enfield, Carew, and Poole, who help advance the plot. Hastie Lanyon was an old friend of Jekyll who wrote a letter to Utterson about what he witnessed, Richard Enfield told the story of the door , Sir Danvers Carew was murdered by Hyde, and Poole was Jekyll’s butler who got Utterson for help. These minor characters play a major role in the plot.

2. The author seems to feel that a brief characterization of the two main characters was needed for the story to continue. This will help the reader to start to visualize and understand the characters.

In the novel, Steinbeck proves that relationships between men are illustrated or portrayed in many different ways. Throughout the book many men share the similar theme of loneliness and friendship. We are able to see these emotions through the characters actions and thoughts. The relationship between George and Lennie and Crooks and the stable workers gives a clear understanding of these topics. As Steinbeck takes us through the novel he shows us what the real meaning of relationships between men

The author has a clever way of getting the reader to read on by introducing new, surprising events at the end of each chapter. The introduced supporting characters, setting and conflicts all contribute to make this novel an overall decent

The first half of the book is set up. You flash from character to character in order to get an understanding for who they are what they will go through. During these open chapters you applaud the author for creating a cast of unique

Characterization is a literary element used by the author to present qualities of characters in a literary piece, the purpose of characterization is to make characters credible and make them suitable for the role they play in the work. Authors present various characters possessing dissimilar qualities, to emphasize different aspects of the work. In the novel “The Scarlet Letter”, the author Nathaneil Hawthorn’s depiction of the two male characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, emphasizes the moral problems of the seventeenth century puritan society. Hence, their different characters contribute vitally to the plot of the novel.

These main characters played a big part in the book.

Horowitz uses the main characters of the book to communicate these themes. The main characters include Alex Rider, Paul Drevin, Nikolei Drevin, and the members of Force Three. These characters, whether they are major or minor, are all imperative to the plot and development of the story. Although this book is

Stories are presented to the reader through the eyes of a leading character, a figure of power that will defeat the evil presented to him, the hero that saves the princess. Yet, at the end of the day, the hero presented to us is not perfect, there will be a fall and redemption that mirrors the human life. The protagonist is not perfect, so it would be natural for the creator of the story to give the hero characters to strengthen them through their journey. The protagonists can also be hindered by these characters, so when the injury of the hero heals, they will grow stronger. The secondary characters add flavor to the worlds created by the authors, often helping the protagonist overcome the obstacles that are presented in front of him. Three

Great writers create great characters. The novel, High Fidelity, focuses on the life of Rob, owner of a record store who his girlfriend just left him for another guy. Rob tells and describes the stories of his relationships and his breakups. He faces many struggles because of the decisions he made himself in the past. Hornby created Rob and Laura as believable characters and made Rob a victim of himself to describe the flaws in human beings.

A major contributor to High Fidelity’s success was that its main themes were focused on the intrapersonal struggles that most people go through at some point in their lives. One of the themes mentioned in the novel is Rob’s insecurity and lack of self-worth and the effects his relationships have on it. In High Fidelity, Hornby attempts to explore this connection between self-worth and relationships by contrasting how the readers perceive Rob’s character versus how he perceives himself and how that perception changes throughout the story. Hornby also highlights the changes Rob’s personality undergoes during and after each relationship. From all of this evidence, Hornby illustrates that superficial relationships ultimately lead to lower self-worth and apathy towards one’s surrounding, while stable relationships improve self-confidence and instill open-mindedness.