Character

Character was once defined to me as the person you are when no one is looking. However the reading assignment was on building character for a story or poem. To begin with the reading material establishes protagonists and antagonists. What was interesting to me was that I never knew until this reading assignment that protagonist comes from the Greek word for "the first into battle." Nevertheless the the first story shows the reader that the right questions need to be asked in order to develop a character within any story or comic book. The overall question that was the correct one to have asked was "why." Apparently when anyone asks why instead of what or how much more information is brought forth to the questioner. The next subject of character is on the presentation of character. Dialogue seems to be the primary presentation of character since dialogue is way to how a character in a story reacts and thinks about situations presented to that individual. Picturing character was the next form of character in that images of characters from both movies and stories can show the onlooker what those individuals characteristics. What is most interesting about this unique way of looking at character is the reactions that people write about what they can see and tell about the image. Feeling for character is the next in line on character. This section is basically asking the right why questions that are unique to what individual the reader is trying to figure out. The last section on character is on character and function. This entire section was new to me so the information learned was useful in seeing character within stories. Nevertheless round characters and flat characters are the two interesting terms in this section. Round characters are characters within a story line that have very unique ways in the way that they think and act. Flay characters have one characteristic trait but have no unique identity within a story line. Overall the way that is shown how to see characters in stories and figure out their character is different but a challenging way to look at a story and its characters in a new way.