Types of Characters in The Giver



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Types of Characters in The Giver

|Character Type |Definition |Character |3 Examples from Novel with Page Numbers for Text Evidence |

| |The central leading character| | |

| |who the reader empathizes | | |

| |with; always faces some type| | |

|Protagonist |of conflict | | |

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| |A well-developed character | | |

|Round Character |who demonstrates varied | | |

| |traits that may be | | |

| |contradictory | | |

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| |A character who serves a | | |

| |minor literary function in a | | |

|Flat Character |text, and who may be a | | |

| |stereotype. | | |

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| |A character who undergoes | | |

| |significant growth and change| | |

|Dynamic Character |throughout the story | | |

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| |Minor characters who do not | | |

| |undergo substantial change or| | |

|Static Character |growth in the course of a | | |

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FOIL CHARACTERS

Write the definition of a FOIL CHARACTER: _________________________________________________________

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Asher is a foil to Jonas in The Giver. Find 6 different characterizations in the novel of each character that represents this foil. You must write page numbers.

|Jonas |Asher |

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|1. “Jonas was careful about language” (3). |“Not like his friend, Asher, who talked too fast and mixed things up, |

| |scrambling words and phrases until they were barely recognizable and often |

| |very funny” (3). |

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