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The Sidekick
Provides a service to a personality that has a stronger nature or a role in life that carries more authority
The Underdog
Characters who are always in the wrong place at the wrong time, or who are generally un-favored, but who usually win something of value in the end What are archetypes<br>
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Other Examples of Archetypes Mentor
Guardian
The Trickster
Damsel in Distress
The Bad Boy
The Perfectionist
The Boss
The Mediator
The Caregiver
The Mediator
Successful Business Man
The Confidant
And Many More!<br>
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Types of Characters in Literature Flat Character
a character who reveals only one, maybe two, personality traits in a story or novel, and the trait's) do not change.
Some flat characters are recognized as stock characters
They become types rather than individual since they are instantly recognizable to most readers.
Possible examples include the “ruthless businessman”, or “shushing librarian”.
They are not the focus nor developed in the story.<br>
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Types of Characters in Literature Round Character
a well developed character who demonstrates varied and sometimes contradictory traits. Round characters are usually dynamic (change in some way over the course of a story).
Dynamic Character
a character which changes during the course of a story or novel. The change in outlook or character is permanent. Sometimes a dynamic character is called a developing character.
Static Character
a character that remains primarily the same throughout a story or novel. Events in the story do not alter a static character’s outlook, personality, motivation, perception, habits, etc.<br>
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Types of Characters in Literature Confidant Character
Someone in whom the central character confides, thus revealing the main character’s personality, thoughts and intentions (does not need to be a person)
Foil Character
A character that is used to enhance another character through contrast
Example: Cinderella’s grace and beauty as opposed to her nasty, self-centered stepsisters is one clear illustration of a foil many may recall from childhood.<br>
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Character Traits Character Traits are descriptive adjectives that tell us the specific qualities of the character.
The author may tell us these traits directly, but more often the author will show us these traits in action.
Our job as readers is to draw a conclusion about the character's traits (to infer them) from what the character says, thinks, and does.
We might infer a character trait from something a character does only once, or we might draw our conclusions from a series of things the character says and does.<br>
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How to Determine Character Traits An easy way to think about characters is to make a simple “T” chart. You can start anywhere. There's no wrong way to make your list:
jot down actions that the character takes then match them with descriptive adjectives in the character traits column.
list character traits that match your character; then gather a list of actions from the book that support the traits you've listed
jump back and forth between the columns listing ideas as they come to you; then go back to fill in the matching information for the related column.<br>
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How to determine Character Traits For this example, we'll use the character of Harry Potter from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.<br>
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Examples of Character Traits alluring, ambitious, arrogant
blunt, boorish, bossy, brilliant
clumsy, cocky, crafty, courageous
dark, discrete, discouraged, dutiful
earnest, eloquent, evil, expert
faithful, fierce, flirt, fortunate
giddy, glamorous, grouchy, guilty
hardy, happy, hateful, healthy
ignorant, immaculate, inconsiderate, independent
jealous, kindly, lazy, leader
malicious, moody, mysterious,
nasty, negligent, nervous, noisy
obedient, obnoxious, picky, popular
quarrelsome, quiet, responsible, restless
sappy, self-centered, sickly, sly
talented, tenacious, touchy, trustworthy
useful, uppity, vulgar, valiant
warm, weak, zealous<br>
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Categorizing Character For each character, please:
Determine the Archetype (Hero, Villain, Sidekick, Underdog, etc.)
Determine the type of character (Flat, Round, Dynamic, Static, etc.)
Determine appropriate character traits
EXPLAIN YOUR REASONING! <br>
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Albus Brian Wulfric Percival Dumbledore<br>
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Johnny Cade (The Outsiders)<br>
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Katnis Everdeen (The Hunger Games)<br>
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Mr. Hyde (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde)<br>
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Choose Your Own Character to Categorize!<br>
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Choose Your Own Character to Categorize!<br>
