ENGLISH 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jamaica Kincaid

• School: McMaster University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGLISH 2D03
• Professor: Rob Squint

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Internal and external feelings, ideas and dialogue that are genuine, and that develop the character and or plot in unforced ways. Characters must have their own needs, wants and desires that need to come across, without telling-> show it to your readers. * don"t forget that even the narrator can have a (persona) lity. Think of the writer, the narrator,, and the characters are separate entities, in both 1st and 3rd person pov* The people who contribute to the conflict, romance, etc. Generating character: voices of depth and diversity: what makes a strong character, on the uses of dialogue, a chat about the creative symposium. Some situations (like death of a close friend, a failure at work, love lost or won, moments of shame or guilt, etc) will bring out character traits. Your characters will develop as they interact with other characters. Interactions with others will reveal the protagonist"s assumptions and values.