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Short StorCharacter�s Role in Making a Story
Character, stories are affected in many ways by this seemingly small aspect of a short story. Just the use of certain characters in a story can change the way we perceive a story. Some characters hardly receive a mention in the story, but that small part can change the outcome. Other characters have traits about them that the entire story is based around. Whatever story you look at character has a huge role in determining how the story ends.
The major character in most stories is a dynamic character, they bring most of the action into a story. In the story "A good man is Hard to Find" the grandmother is a prime example of a dynamic character. The story revolves around the grandmother�s actions. The grandmother inadvertently leads her family into an accident "There was a secret panel in this house, she said craftily, not telling the truth but wishing she were", by saying these words to her family she leads them into the car accident that eventually leads to the death of her and the ones she loves. By being the person the story is about, the grandmother gets described fully, and is therefore not only a dynamic character but also a round character. Her emotions are seen in many situations in the story by things she says, and her thoughts brought to the reader in detail. This type of character is one of the most important members of the cast in most all stories. It is this person that most everything revolves around.
Opposite from dynamic characters, there are static characters in the story that help to drive the story forward. Static characters usually have little or no information on what they�re doing, thinking, or feeling ever mentioned. Static characters don�t change throughout the story. For instance the father of the family in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is a static, flat character. He plays a minimal role in the story, but is very important to the outcome. The grandmother blames the father for the car accident even though it wasn�t his fault. In this case the father is being used by the author to drive the story forward. Any character could have been driving the vehicle, but it isn�t important who is driving because the main point of this story is not about the father. Static characters do play vital roles in stories because they allow the story to flow better, but without the static character's personality taking away from the story. The father is a flat character because he is undeveloped, he doesn�t get brought into the main flow of the story. This is one example of a simple static, flat character.
"Popular Mechanics" breaks the rules when it comes to looking at the regular static character. In this story there are only...
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