Character Development Homework

 a) Authors use character developments and traits that make us feel a certain way about the character. In the activity we did in class, we put traits into our characters that made the audience and the readers feel disgusted, respectful, scared, honored. Etc. Some of the traits are the name, acts, looks, BFF, worst enemy, carry in their pocket, talent, something lost recently and deep dark secret.

For an example I will use the character Harry Potter:

Name: Harry Potter (he is a very normal boy until he finds out about his past)

Looks: Black hair, averagely tall, glasses…

BFF: Ronald Bilius Weasly. Pure blood

Worst Enemy: Tom Marvolo Riddle AKA Lord Voldemort

Carry in his Pocket: magic wand

Talent: great against the Dark Arts, very brave

Something Lost: His parents killed by Voldemort.

Deep Dark Secret: He is the Chosen Boy. He killed Voldemort when very little.

This makes us respect harry and feel somewhat sorry for him because of his dark past.

b) the authors use the elements of a plot depending on what he genre of the story is going to be. I will use the example of a mystery.

In the Exposition, the author uses his skills to hook you to the book and gives you the general idea of the mystery. Then during the rising actions, the character starts giving you some ideas and information that will affect the course of the solving of the mystery. The climax is the big fight between the detective and the murderer/villain. In the falling actions and resolution, the final strings are tied in the doubts that remain in the story.