1. Characterization
MRS. OLOYA

2. Characters People or animals story is about
Usually identified early in story

3. Characterization Creating characters 3 ways: Traits:
Physical
Personality: illustrated through reactions, dialogue, thoughts, dialect
Motivation: reason for actions, emotions, thoughts
Development: how character changes

4. Types Protagonist vs. Antagonist Antihero Confidante Foils
Static vs. Dynamic
Flat vs. Round
Archetypical

5. Protagonist vs. Antagonist
Protagonist: main character
Antagonist: person or force working against main character

6. Antihero Main character who has a flaw (liar, thief, murderer, etc.)
Katniss lies, kills, and hurts people in order to survive

7. Confidante
Characters who trust one another with their lives, secrets, thoughts, etc.
Katniss and Gale trust each other, break the law together, and talk to each other about dangerous things like their hate for the Capitol

8. Foils
Characters who are opposites in the story and highlight each other’s traits
Thresh and Rue are opposite in physical appearance and strengths:
Thresh is big and physically strong
Rue is small and physically weak but mentally strong

9. Static vs. Dynamic Static: a character who doesn’t change
Dynamic: a character who does change
Cato never realizes that he should be mad at the Capitol for the Hunger Games, instead he supports it throughout
At first, Katniss only wanted to survive, but by the end, she wanted to rebel against the Capitol even if that meant dying.

10. Flat vs. Round Peeta is funny, brave, loving, kind, generous, etc.
Flat: a character who represents one specific trait
Round: a character with a well-rounded personality
Foxface represents stealthy intelligence
Peeta is funny, brave, loving, kind, generous, etc.
Cato represents bloodthirsty ambition

11. Prim is the innocent victim or damsel in distress who must be saved
Mary Jane in Spiderman
Archetypical
A character type that shows up in multiple stories throughout the ages (i.e. from biblical days to present day)
Cato is the villain with no guilt or remorse who enjoys killing.
The Joker from Batman