Character Flat and Round
... Johnston 601-38-4612 Literature Character Stories would not exist if it were not for the characters. ... There are two basic types of characters used to make a story flow, flat and round. Flat characters stay the same throughout the whole story. ... Round characters evolve. ... Round characters often surprise the reader, keeping them on their toes. The fact that the reader doesn’t know what is going on or what the character will do can excite him or her and make the story come to life. An example of a flat character would be Bartleby from Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener”. An example of a round character would be Mr. ... These two characters will be described, compared, and contrasted to enhance the importance of flat and round characters and how they are used. ... These two characters are both excellent examples of flat and round classifications. Bartleby is a concretely flat character even though the events surrounding him seem to cloud the reader’s opinion of him. ... Pirzada is a steadily round person.