Round, Flat, Dynamic and Static Characters

[Emma]

This group is about the round and flat, and dynamic and static characters in any of your independent reading books.

[Maddie]

I think a round character and a flat character are opposites. I think a round character is a character that is described very well and in the story a lot. And a flat character is someone who isn't in the book as much as a round character and is not as well described. In my book, The Art of Keeping Cool a round character is the father and a flat character is Robert. In the book, Robert talks about his father all the time. He describes his father very well. But when it comes to him, he really doesn't say anything. That is why his father is round and Robert himself is flat.

[Kayle, Peppermint Mocha's are life. =D]

I agree with Maddie, I think a flat character is a character that isn't in the book for a long time, its just in a small scene and then they are gone. While I think round characters are characters that are in a book for a long time and shows up in most of the scenes, they are kind of like a main character. In my book, Am I the Princess or the Frog, the round character is Jaime Kelly also know as the narrator of the book. Some characters like the parents are flat characters because the parents only tell Jaime to come down stairs to eat dinner, most of the book you don't hear about the parents and that's what makes them flat

[Patrick]

Theft of SwordsThere are many round characters in my book as well as flat ones.
One of the characters in my book, Hadrian, is kind, caring, a master swordsman, and a thief. This makes him round because he is so unique and has so many different interesting traits.
Another character, Royce, is a standard thief who has no feelings. He might change but so far in my book, he is a flat character.

[Ilanis]

In my book Jace and Clary are very round characters. Clary(In the first book) liked Jace and Jace liked her. Then when they found out they were brother and sister Clary thought differently about Jace. Jace stilled liked Clary even if their relationship didn't allow them to be together.

[Emma]

I agree that a round character is described more than a flat character in a book, but I don't think that a flat character necessarily has to be in the book less than a round character. A round character is a character that has many known traits, while a flat character has very few traits.

[Kayle, Peppermint Mocha's are life. =D]

Some people get dynamic and static mixed up with round and flat,but they are not the same. Dynamic is a character that changes a lot in the book, while round and flat doesn't have to do anything about actual changing. A static character doesn't not change a lot or through out the book.

[Maddie]

I agree with Kayle, I think dynamic characters are in the book a lot and they can change the plot. But static characters are kind of like the characters that are in the story but they don;t do anything or change the plot like dynamic characters do.

[Patrick]

Maddie wrote: "I agree with Kayle, I think dynamic characters are in the book a lot and they can change the plot. But static characters are kind of like the characters that are in the story but they don;t do anyt..."
You're basically saying they're just there and don't do anything?

[Melina, PSL's ARE BAE]

In my book, The Mark of Athena, Annabeth, Percy, and Jason are round characters the others are too but these guys have more emotion. The flat characters are usually the gods and goddesses that don't come in the book that much but if they do they only come for help.

[Kyle]

Dynamic characters change significantly, static characters change little if at all. A round character is a character is a character that displays many traits while a flat one displays few. Often round characters are dynamic and flat characters are static but not always. A character can start off flat and become round through perceived(static) or actual(dynamic) change. A flat character is not always a character that appears or does little in a story. You would say that a character is flat or static at the moment because that can change later unless you are at the end.

[Maddie]

Patrick it was a guess, I didn't know the meaning yet

[Deborah]

In my books, Need-Entice by Carrie Jones, My main character Zara changes from a kinda depressed, "emo-hippie", shy girl to a girl who is more outgoing and sociable. To me, since I haven't finsished the series, until now Zara is flat and dynamic. Zara does change in a certain period of time which makes her dynamic, but still she doesn't have many characteristics you could use to really bring her out as an individual person, or should i say pixie, (*Insert Laughter*) making her flat in my perspecrtive.

[Ilanis]

What's an ego hippie?

[Deborah]

It's an emotional person who is part of a youth movment.

[Kayle, Peppermint Mocha's are life. =D]

In my book Am I the Princess or The Frog by Jaime Kelly, the character Isabella is flat because I the readers don't really know much about her as for Jaime we know a lot about her. Isabella is also static because she doesn't change anything, she stays the same non-sociable person, I also think this is how Jaime acts because all she talks to is Isabella.

[Emma]

Kyle wrote: "Dynamic characters change significantly, static characters change little if at all. A round character is a character is a character that displays many traits while a flat one displays few. Often ro..."

Kyle, I agree with most of it, but not the perceived and actual change part. I feel that characters change from flat to round with perceived change, and from static to dynamic with actual change.

[Kyle]

Emma wrote: "Kyle wrote: "Dynamic characters change significantly, static characters change little if at all. A round character is a character is a character that displays many traits while a flat one displays ..."

I think that actual change can cause a character to both become dynamic and round.

[Melina, PSL's ARE BAE]

Right now in my book Annabeth is seem to be more round because she is having more emotions in this book than in the other books she has ever been in. Annabeth is a little dynamic.

[Emma]

Kyle wrote: "Emma wrote: "Kyle wrote: "Dynamic characters change significantly, static characters change little if at all. A round character is a character is a character that displays many traits while a flat ..."

Oh. I didn't understand what you meant before, but now it makes sense. So are you saying that actual change can give a character more traits because of an event?

[Ilanis]

How is she a little dynamic? Like is it the same thing as before? How she is round?

[Ilanis]

To Melina

[Melina, PSL's ARE BAE]

She (Annabeth) is round because her emotions are all over the place with her mom putting pressure on her by making her do something that is too much for her. She is a little dynamic because she changes through out the book but she is still going through the change of it. To Ilanis.

[Deborah]

Melina wrote: "Right now in my book Annabeth is seem to be more round because she is having more emotions in this book than in the other books she has ever been in. Annabeth is a little dynamic."
You mean she has changed a little bit up to the point your at?

[Deborah]

Deborah wrote: "I can't deal with my book right now omg" ahhhh

[Patrick]

Theft of Swords In my book a dynamic character is Royce. In the beginning he is a cold blooded thief who will take any job, even if he knows he's going to have to kill someone. A static one is Hadrian. Although he is dynamic he is also static. He stays the way he is for the entire book. He is a mercenary for hire who cares if innocent people are hurt and who wants to help people. The opposite of Royce.

[Melina, PSL's ARE BAE]

Deborah wrote: "Melina wrote: "Right now in my book Annabeth is seem to be more round because she is having more emotions in this book than in the other books she has ever been in. Annabeth is a little dynamic."
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Yeah up to the point where I'm at she has changed. Right now she is in a life or death situation where its up to her to fix it.

[Kayle, Peppermint Mocha's are life. =D]

As I get more in to the book, I'm I the Princess or the Frog by Jaime Kelly I realize that Isabella is becoming a round character just like Jaime. I learned more about how she lies, and how she cries. She is a very good actor.

[Patrick]

Theft of SwordsIn my book, Royce and Hadrian are foils for each other. They are almost complete opposites but are partners in crime and best friends in life. Royce is cold-blooded, cruel, and in it for the money. Hadrian is nice, caring, and does the jobs he does for the good of the people who hired them.

[Kayle, Peppermint Mocha's are life. =D]

A foil character is a character that enhances another character based on their difference. So say a character is mean and someone else is nice the mean person stands out more because of the nice person.

[Deborah]

My character Zara has changed from round to flat because she has taken away really some of her traits.

[Deborah]

Zara in my book is dynamic now technically because I think it still counts when you have taken away traits from before.