Books couldn't have the impact they have without the characters entitled in it. In my mind, characters are worthy of every aspect of discussion because they draw us to the book by their role. For example, my times reading the Harry Potter series have shown me what characters make me keep reading. Voldemort brought me so much closer to the book because his impact on Harry's parents, Harry's life, and Harry made it impossible to not turn the page and keep reading. The villain has drawn me to many books because they hold the hero back from easily obtaining what is right (even though hero typically in). Yes, we all want to see the hero prevail in every story but the villain makes it hard and makes the hero even more stronger than they could've ever been.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Prompt 7-Unique Characters
Characters are, for the majority, what make books sensational. Ideal, intriguing, role characters can turn an average book to a must-read. They engage the reader by the interest they have in them and how they can relate to the character. The relation of a reader to the character is ideal because it engages the reader because it feels as if it's in/a part of the book and its plot. Intense, brutal characters catch the attention of all readers and it keeps the book interesting to all. From the heroes to the villains, everyone can relate and become interested in the slightest bit by the best and/or the most excruciating acts by a character. What characters do and how they act to other characters can flip our feelings towards them in a split second.
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I agree. Characters make the story, and even a villain can earn sympathy and warrant respect. In Harry Potter, the reader learns to hate Snape and Draco Malfoy, but the more you read, the more you learn about their lives. every character is the protagonist in their own mind, and when chapters start to come from that character's point of view, the reader can sympathize for the Snapes and Dracos of the literary world. By the end of The Deathly Hallows, the reader actually likes Draco and misses Snape. Having round "villains" is just as important as having dynamic "heroes".
ReplyDeleteI also agree that, no matter how well thought out a plot can be, it is made interesting by the interactions of developed characters. Most stories really get interesting when characters have been developed thoroughly and we as readers can relate to and predict their actions. That is what makes a dynamic character so special. The audience can actually see a change in personality or a new trait that wasn't there before. Static characters, though, see no growth or change throughout the book, giving the reader a basis of comparison to the dynamic characters, usually being the protagonist. Characters making realizations and changing who they were before makes the heroes more just, and the villains even deeper.
ReplyDeleteRidge, I have always agreed and have a passionate opinion about your concept that small characters play a vital part in many, if not all literary stories. The main characters receive all the glory, analysis, and consideration, but it is the actions of the role characters that let the main characters function, develop, and progress in the plot. For example, in The Grapes of Wrath Tom provides more controversy to the book with his actions, but without Casy, these actions simply do not happen. When the police officer kills Casy later in the book, it sends Tom into a fury, causing him to flee and rarely see his family for the rest of the book. This is a crucial dynamic in the story and without the developments of Casy and the police men, this moment would not have as much significance as it does today.
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