A dynamic character is one who goes through a personality change due to the events in the story. A static character is one whose personality does not.

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A dynamic character is one who goes through a personality change due to the events in the story. A static character is one whose personality does not change throughout the story.

A round character is one whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully described or explained by the author. In general, main characters are round because many insights are given.

A flat character is one who is not fully described but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author. They tend to be minor characters.

In most books the main character is both dynamic and round.

Characters can be round and static. For example, think about the character James Bond. We know a great deal about this character’s personality (round), yet he does not go through an inner personality change from the beginning to the end of the story (static). Often the side-kick in a story is round and static.

Characters cannot be dynamic and flat, because in a flat character we do not know enough about them to recognize a change.

Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

Dynamic and Round

Billy Coleman from Wilson Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows

Dynamic and Round

Will Coleman (Billy’s dad) from Wilson Rawls’ Where the Red Fern Grows

Static and Flat

Mandy, Ella's fairy godmother from Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted

static round

Ella from Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted

dynamic round

Harry Potter from J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Dynamic and Round