Individuals Preferences Data

When a character is created in fiction, the various details provided by the author combine to create a believable representation of a person. Flat characters are typically developed in rough outline only, with such basic attributes as gender, age, and occupation or family role indicated but not much else. On the other hand, round characters are developed more fully. For instance, we may learn about their clothing preferences, skills, hopes or fears, favorite work of art or song, and relationships. Through narrative background, dialogue, transcriptions of characters’ thoughts, and characters’ actions, the author hopes to convey, in a round character, a believable “living” person.