Trail of the green blazer

No mention of a character within a story can be unintentional. Every word counts and contributes to an image of the character both directly and indirectly. In the short story “Ray” by Guy Vanderhaeghe, protagonist Ray Matthews is an example of how no word goes unused to maximize a character. Ray is an average, middle aged man, with an average wife, an average accounting job, and an average life. Nothing sticks out that is unique to him, and his inability to understand anything without others explaining it to him creates issues throughout his life. Vanderhaeghe develops Ray's character through his physical description, how others speak of him, and his social interactions to exemplify how important characterization is in a story.

In Foster’s novel, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, he explains that there are alway two different classifications of characters. The first type of character Foster writes about are flat characters. In definition, flat characters are characters that “lack full development....[,] are more two-dimensional”, are the same throughout the story, and are“static”(Foster 84). Foster’s main claim states that flat characters are implemented to assist the development of the story. The second type of character that Foster writes about is round characters. These characters are typically the center of attention, “three dimensional” (Foster 84), and very complex. Foster attempts to help the reader understand that round characters are

Through characterisation, the author is able to express the main idea of disempowerment and also allowing us as readers to feel discontented and upset towards the main character.

Characterisation is important in any short story as it helps to make the story that little bit more appealing, because it’s a short story, it is important to get the characterisation right as we don’t have hundreds of pages to learn about the character, in fact we only really have a page or two, maybe even less depending on the story, we might only have paragraphs to learn about the character. When looking at characterisation in the short story, you have too keep in mind, which character catches your eye? Is it the main character? Is it a supporting character? Why do they appeal to you? How does the author of the short story portray and reveal the character? The idea of characterisation is literally an act of describing certain characteristics,

The character helps understand the theme in the story, that individuality must be treasured in our society, because it shows what the emotional and physical links to the society in the book, as well as the mental states and feelings influencing the text.

The Four Horsemen was written by Grantland Rice. He was a very well-known and elegant sports writer. His work has been published all over the world from newspapers to radio broadcasts. The Four Horsemen were four players from the national college team called Notre Dame. The team lost two games in three years. In the story, the team was playing against the Army.

* He is a “rounded” character because he experience change and forgives his parents while he is in the wild.

The viewpoint of the world that the narrator has, completely alters as certain events take place throughout the story. His outlook on nature transforms into a wholly different standpoint as the story progresses. As his tale begins, the narrator sees himself as a tough guy or “bad character”. He believes he is invincible. There is nobody as cool as he

The viewpoint of the world that the narrator has, completely alters as certain events take place throughout the story. His outlook on nature transforms into a wholly different standpoint as the story progresses. As his tale begins, the narrator sees himself as a tough guy or "bad character". He believes he is invincible. There is nobody as cool as he is or as dangerous as him and his friends are. With his

In each writing, fiction or nonfiction, there are always characters who keep the story moving along through conflict and dialog. One challenge an author has to accomplish while allowing the story to flow is creating these characters in two different ways; direct and indirect characterization. Throughout the fictional novel, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, the author, Stephanie Oakes, did an exuberant job of creating full bodied, round characters using direct characterization. She was able to do this by describing physical attributes of the other characters in great detail and by describing exactly how the protagonist is feeling through the events she has to endure. Stephanie also used extremely descriptive words to describe Minnow’s surroundings throughout her experiences.

This self-description of the narrator says it all. He gives a brutal, yet inflated description of himself and his friends that gives the reader a very round main character.

Just like real people characters in books have many different traits, and they can affect the plot of the story in many different ways. In the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, tThe narrator has a little brother who is ill, so the older brother has to teach him basic skills such as walking. The narrator is a round dynamic character who possesses many traits. Throughout the story the narrator reveals theme and contributes a major role in revealing the theme.

They were on their morning walk through the endless trails and old dirt paths that twisted and turned until you saw no end. The trails were covered with fresh snow stacked upon autumn’s forgotten leaves that were never bothered to be picked up. Walking into the woods, holding his gun with an old torn red flannel tee on, Jason has doubts that this might be his last season. Charlie was already climbing down the hillside, straying off the trails, and hoping of making the first kill to prove his worthiness to his owner. Jason calls back to Charlie, “Come ‘mere ol’ boy, don’t start without me!” and they begin their way quietly trudging through the dense woods to their special spot. They continue down the beaten path until Jason and Charlie come to a clearing in the woods where the only drops of sun come down through the dead leaves that have yet to fall. Here Jason pulls out a decaying tarp and sets up base camp. From camp, you can see all the rolling hillsides slope down into one large snake like river flowing through the mountains until it is lost in the distance. The Tennessee mountains are a treacherous terrain filled with steep drop offs and deadly trails. One can easily become lost and lose all sense of direction. Clutching his compass in one hand, Jason is prepared to stay the whole winter.

The success of literary works depends greatly on the quality of its characters, which is why it is essential to have characters, both major and minor, with distinct and contrasting personalities. Not only are minor characters used as foils for the major characters by emphasizing their important character traits, but in many cases they furthermore play a crucial role in the advancement of the plot. In the three novels that were examined this year, The Great Gatsby, The Kite Runner, and The Handmaids Tale, the minor character had a pivotal role in the development of the plot. In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway is not only the narrator but he is the image of order in a society of disorder. In The Kite Runner, Rahim Khan is the moral center

The central character’s personality is important to the story’s central idea as it is the dominant element that exemplifies the type of people that the central idea encompasses. It is people like the woman with the pink velvet poppies that keeps ideas including racism alive.