Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

      Meet the characters.

1. Watch the video.

2. In your L.A. blog book make notes on each character : name, personality,flat or round.

3. Your favourite character and why.

Reader's Survey

Objective: Reflect about the reader you are.

Answer these questions fully and neatly  in your L.A. blog book.

1.    Why do you read? List as many reasons as you can think of.

2. What does someone have to do in order to be a good reader?

3. What kind of books do you like to read?

4. How do you decide which books you will read?

5. Who are your favorite authors?

6. Have you ever reread a book?     If so, can you list the titles?

7. How often do you read at home?

8. In general, how do you feel about reading?

 

(Taken and adapted slightly from Nancie Atwell’s book In The Middle, 2d ed.

Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers, Inc, 1998.)

Flat and round characters

This week during our reading circle, we started thinking about the protagonists, about their personalities, their traits and if their characters are round or flat.

ROUND CHARACTER: A round character is depicted with such psychological depth and detail that he or she seems like a "real" person. The round character contrasts with the flat character, a character who serves a specific or minor literary function in a text, and who may be a stock character or simplified stereotype. If the round character changes or evolves over the course of a narrative or appears to have the capacity for such change, the character is also dynamic. Typically, a short story has one round character and several flat ones. However, in longer novels and plays, there may be many round characters. The terms flat and round were first coined by the novelist E. M. Forster in his study, Aspects of the Novel.

FLAT CHARACTER: Also called a static character, a flat character is a simplified character who does not change or alter his or her personality over the course of a narrative, or one without extensive personality and characterization. The term is used in contrast with a round character

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_R.html

Watch the video to see examples of round and flat characters.

Flat and round characters