During your time reading stories, you must have encountered character that you like and character that you dislike because of several reasons. Most of the times, the factors of liking or disliking are related to appearance, attitude, behaviour, styles, and also some implicit elements such as the way the characters treat other characters.
However, after reading and listening to the two given stories, you must have realized that proper appearance, and polite attitude can be some objects of hypocrisy that cloak the dark traits within a certain figure in a story.
After getting exposed to such characters, and discussing several other examples, please reflect to what you have read and listen from the previous materials, and think about this:
1. How does an author develop a story using such deceiving qualities of some characters? What do you think if Severus Snape from Harry Potter carried an pure angelic figure instead of cold and harsh traits as a killer teacher?
2. Imagine you have to develop a story, what would you do to your protagonist and antagonist to create an interesting story? Which fictional work(s) would you like to reflect as reference? Why?
Characters Analysis in Stories
1. The writer has to surprise the readers. let the readers construct their own perceptions. and then reverse the story so that it differs from what the reader assumes. I, myself, will not read a story that I already know the storyline. whose is exactly what I thought it would be. how flat it is. similar to the character: Severus Snape in Harry Potter . At first all readers must have thought that Snape was evil. killer teacher. but JK reversed our assumption on snape. that's what makes us addicted and continue to be curious. Moreeee and more curious
2. if I make a story. maybe I'll make all characters the protagonists at the beginning. then there is character who feel himslef unappreciated, belittled, etc. so the character turns into evil or even psyhco. in the movie, maybe it's like the 'Joker'. I'll make this character very pathetic at the beginning. but very cruel at the end. HA HA
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2. if I make a story. maybe I'll make all characters the protagonists at the beginning. then there is character who feel himslef unappreciated, belittled, etc. so the character turns into evil or even psyhco. in the movie, maybe it's like the 'Joker'. I'll make this character very pathetic at the beginning. but very cruel at the end. HA HA
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1. In my opinion, a writer uses a deceptive plot such as making a character that looks evil but on the other hand he is a good person, that's because to create a plot twist which means the audience or story reader can think why the character is evil, and conversely. because that's why we can understand the character and also think about the character, but not justify his actions. The writer wants if we think hard.
2. First of all, when I will make character traits and then go to the ending, the character traits become different for a reason, but from that character there is a background why he changed. I take references from various anime such as Attack on Titan and also Tokyo Revenger because there are many characters that change towards the end, and some manipulative characters with the result of the story starting with the character of the story until the end.
2. First of all, when I will make character traits and then go to the ending, the character traits become different for a reason, but from that character there is a background why he changed. I take references from various anime such as Attack on Titan and also Tokyo Revenger because there are many characters that change towards the end, and some manipulative characters with the result of the story starting with the character of the story until the end.
1. A writer should attract their readers with their stories. They have to find way to make the readers not feel bored when they read their stories. And making a pure but actually evil character (and vice versa) is one of the way writers attract their readers. It is a plot twist that will make goosebumps for the reader.
2. I’ll make a nerd-like but strong or a cool-tomboyish (for female character) protagonist, and an angelic but actually a psycho antagonist for the twist. For references, i’ll reflect to some teen series like ‘euphoria’ and ‘a-teen’ (idk if euphoria is considered as a teen series or not cause most of the scenes are not suitable for teenagers), comedy series like ‘welcome to waikiki’ or psychological-action anime like ‘banana fish’ and ‘tokyo ghoul’.
2. I’ll make a nerd-like but strong or a cool-tomboyish (for female character) protagonist, and an angelic but actually a psycho antagonist for the twist. For references, i’ll reflect to some teen series like ‘euphoria’ and ‘a-teen’ (idk if euphoria is considered as a teen series or not cause most of the scenes are not suitable for teenagers), comedy series like ‘welcome to waikiki’ or psychological-action anime like ‘banana fish’ and ‘tokyo ghoul’.
1. In my opinion, it is important for a writer to manipulate characters in characterization. because in my opinion if a writer directly describes a character with his true nature, it is likely that the interest of the reader or audience of a literary work will decrease because they feel they can guess the character's nature and can guess the future plot.
manipulation of characters can also make a literary work have an impression or moral message that can bring the story to life. So a literary work does not only function for entertainment but also as a medium of learning or role models
2. If I had to develop a story, I would do the same thing by manipulating the characters. I want to make the protagonist character who pretends to be a villain and is determined to survive and not always be bullied, while the antagonist character plays a good person who wants to steal someone's heart to be used for his personal gain. one day they meet, the protagonist is interested in seeing the good of the antagonist as well as the antagonist is attracted to the evil nature of the protagonist and wants to make him an ally. at the end of the story they already trust each other and the true nature of each character is revealed. finally they have ambitions to kill each other because they feel betrayed.
I feel confused about which work of fiction I will use as a reference, because I am not very familiar with various works of fiction, and rarely read or watch them
manipulation of characters can also make a literary work have an impression or moral message that can bring the story to life. So a literary work does not only function for entertainment but also as a medium of learning or role models
2. If I had to develop a story, I would do the same thing by manipulating the characters. I want to make the protagonist character who pretends to be a villain and is determined to survive and not always be bullied, while the antagonist character plays a good person who wants to steal someone's heart to be used for his personal gain. one day they meet, the protagonist is interested in seeing the good of the antagonist as well as the antagonist is attracted to the evil nature of the protagonist and wants to make him an ally. at the end of the story they already trust each other and the true nature of each character is revealed. finally they have ambitions to kill each other because they feel betrayed.
I feel confused about which work of fiction I will use as a reference, because I am not very familiar with various works of fiction, and rarely read or watch them
1. A writer certainly wants the story he writes to be more interesting and other people don't get bored when reading it, the author also certainly doesn't want the story to be easy to guess so it doesn't attract the interest of the reader. Well, one way the author develops the story to make it interesting is by manipulating the characters, for example a character who looks very good even though on the other hand he is like a scary witch, this is what will attract readers because the characters are difficult to predict. Sevenus Snape from Harry Potter is indeed a killer teacher figure, but who would have thought that behind that there was a good side of him.
2. I will make the antagonist as if she is a good fairy who loves a princess, then this character will get two sides of recognition from different people. like in the Tangled movie, an evil witch kidnaps a golden-haired princess, of course in the eyes of the wizarding kingdom she is an evil woman, but in the eyes of Rapunzel the witch is a mother who loves her, who doesn't want her child to be harmed if she comes out of that very high tower. This is what will make the audience feel annoyed and want rapunzel to realize it, so the audience will watch the film until the end because the characters change in 2 sides and want to know what the ending will be. Another example is the film Moana, a brave woman who will replace her father as the village leader. Her father is a good leader, but if Moana approaches the sea then he will be angry and punish Moana, this is not done without reason, because the people in their village believe that behind the coral reefs there are many dangers that threaten their safety. Besides that there is a Maui character who has taken the heart of the goddess te fiti, this is what makes the ocean scary, but behind that he also wants to take responsibility for his mistakes after being persuaded by Moana even though his life is at stake. Maybe the first time the audience was annoyed because Maui took te fiti's heart but after that the audience liked this character because of his silliness and courage. It is the change in the character of these two figures that attracts the attention of the audience, besides that, Moana's courage is also given a thumbs up.
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2. I will make the antagonist as if she is a good fairy who loves a princess, then this character will get two sides of recognition from different people. like in the Tangled movie, an evil witch kidnaps a golden-haired princess, of course in the eyes of the wizarding kingdom she is an evil woman, but in the eyes of Rapunzel the witch is a mother who loves her, who doesn't want her child to be harmed if she comes out of that very high tower. This is what will make the audience feel annoyed and want rapunzel to realize it, so the audience will watch the film until the end because the characters change in 2 sides and want to know what the ending will be. Another example is the film Moana, a brave woman who will replace her father as the village leader. Her father is a good leader, but if Moana approaches the sea then he will be angry and punish Moana, this is not done without reason, because the people in their village believe that behind the coral reefs there are many dangers that threaten their safety. Besides that there is a Maui character who has taken the heart of the goddess te fiti, this is what makes the ocean scary, but behind that he also wants to take responsibility for his mistakes after being persuaded by Moana even though his life is at stake. Maybe the first time the audience was annoyed because Maui took te fiti's heart but after that the audience liked this character because of his silliness and courage. It is the change in the character of these two figures that attracts the attention of the audience, besides that, Moana's courage is also given a thumbs up.
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1. There are two opinions for me:
-First, there are characters who look good in the story but turn into evil for some reason, you could say they are traitors and there are certain missions to achieve the goals that the characters want to achieve.
-Second, or it could be the other way around, the originally good character, because of certain events such as the loss of a valuable person or trauma that made him evil so that the evil act harmed many people around him. But usually after the character does a bad deed, he regrets his actions and becomes a good person again, because basically the character is a good person. although in some stories when a character with this trait regrets at the end, it's almost too late.
In my opinion, these two things the author did to make the story develop. Like Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, he is a figure who is described as cold, cruel, especially when dealing with Harry Potter. Even so, Severus Snape was actually a good person. The author of the story leads us to hate Snape from the beginning of the story to near the end of the Harry Potter story, then is shown the motive behind Snape's cruelty to Harry, because Harry is the son of James Potter, someone Snape hated when he was young, but also, the child of Lily Potter, the woman Snape loved. Perhaps this was why Snape couldn't stand being so mean to Harry because he thought of Lily Potter when he looked at Harry.
2. If for the protagonist, I will make a backstory with a calm character's life but it turns into suspense because of an incident that makes the protagonist hit. However, I will make the protagonist here to be a strong person, optimistic and accepting of circumstances so that this can be used as a trigger for the protagonist to rise up and become a character with a stronger personality than before.
For the antagonist, I will use a slightly different setting. With a sad antagonist life then he becomes evil when he loses valuable people so he is angry and determined to take revenge.
I use Kimetsu No Yaiba and Naruto Shippuden as references to develop characters in my story because there are many fictional characters who have diverse unique traits, unique backgrounds, unexpected plot twists, interesting plots and more, so I think they are very interesting to used as a reference in making stories.
-First, there are characters who look good in the story but turn into evil for some reason, you could say they are traitors and there are certain missions to achieve the goals that the characters want to achieve.
-Second, or it could be the other way around, the originally good character, because of certain events such as the loss of a valuable person or trauma that made him evil so that the evil act harmed many people around him. But usually after the character does a bad deed, he regrets his actions and becomes a good person again, because basically the character is a good person. although in some stories when a character with this trait regrets at the end, it's almost too late.
In my opinion, these two things the author did to make the story develop. Like Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, he is a figure who is described as cold, cruel, especially when dealing with Harry Potter. Even so, Severus Snape was actually a good person. The author of the story leads us to hate Snape from the beginning of the story to near the end of the Harry Potter story, then is shown the motive behind Snape's cruelty to Harry, because Harry is the son of James Potter, someone Snape hated when he was young, but also, the child of Lily Potter, the woman Snape loved. Perhaps this was why Snape couldn't stand being so mean to Harry because he thought of Lily Potter when he looked at Harry.
2. If for the protagonist, I will make a backstory with a calm character's life but it turns into suspense because of an incident that makes the protagonist hit. However, I will make the protagonist here to be a strong person, optimistic and accepting of circumstances so that this can be used as a trigger for the protagonist to rise up and become a character with a stronger personality than before.
For the antagonist, I will use a slightly different setting. With a sad antagonist life then he becomes evil when he loses valuable people so he is angry and determined to take revenge.
I use Kimetsu No Yaiba and Naruto Shippuden as references to develop characters in my story because there are many fictional characters who have diverse unique traits, unique backgrounds, unexpected plot twists, interesting plots and more, so I think they are very interesting to used as a reference in making stories.
1. In my opinion, the author did this so that the story is not easily predictable and so that the readers of the story or the audience are more interested in following the story. In addition, the author does this to provide surprises in the story so that the story is not boring and easy to remember by the story reader or audience.
2. If I had to develop a story I would describe the character's role according to what he was experiencing at the time but from the opposite point of view. I will make the protagonist and antagonist different from the original character. For example, when the character I created is considered the antagonist but is originally the protagonist. Here I will invite the audience to see from another point of view the real personality or character of the actual character. here I take a reference from the novel entitled "omen" because the story in this novel is very interesting and the depiction of the protagonist and antagonist is very different from the original character.
2. If I had to develop a story I would describe the character's role according to what he was experiencing at the time but from the opposite point of view. I will make the protagonist and antagonist different from the original character. For example, when the character I created is considered the antagonist but is originally the protagonist. Here I will invite the audience to see from another point of view the real personality or character of the actual character. here I take a reference from the novel entitled "omen" because the story in this novel is very interesting and the depiction of the protagonist and antagonist is very different from the original character.
1. The author uses the quality of deceiving the character by changing a character who is initially kind-hearted to become evil or a character who is initially evil turns to be kind for some reason. This character change was carried out with the aim of developing the storyline, creating tension for the readers, and having an unexpected plot so that readers were more enthusiastic in reading the story and expressing their opinion about the plot twist.
Severus Snape looks rude and evil to Harry, because he is traumatized and annoyed by his father's harsh treatment, but it turns out that Snape is a kind person who protects Harry by counteracting Quirrell's spell because he is in love with Harry's mother.
2. I will make the character who initially looks good but secretly have evil intentions and make other characters who were originally good become evil and have grudges. I will use the fiction novel "The Sign of the Four" as a reference, where the story contains a very complex character deception with a very dense plot and makes my tension appear in every chapter.
Severus Snape looks rude and evil to Harry, because he is traumatized and annoyed by his father's harsh treatment, but it turns out that Snape is a kind person who protects Harry by counteracting Quirrell's spell because he is in love with Harry's mother.
2. I will make the character who initially looks good but secretly have evil intentions and make other characters who were originally good become evil and have grudges. I will use the fiction novel "The Sign of the Four" as a reference, where the story contains a very complex character deception with a very dense plot and makes my tension appear in every chapter.
1. A writer may develop quality by preparing a synopsis by twisting a character that is owned by a character, for example a character who has a protagonist character may change his character into an antagonist in the middle of the synopsis. This may aim to surprise the audience/reader and not be easy to predict for the next storyline.
I think it's okay if Severus Snape brings a pure soul instead of his cold and rude nature as a killer teacher. Maybe this is the author's strategy so that the audience or readers don't think that Snape is a good-natured person. That way, the audience will be surprised and surprised by Snape who turns out to be a good person.
2. 2. As a writer, I will probably develop the protagonist and antagonist by deceiving the author by changing the antagonist character into the protagonist or vice versa in the middle of the story. For me this is very interesting to do. Besides that, maybe I will also create puzzles for the audience by confusing an audience with the character having an antagonist or protagonist character. Like the series that I recently watched, the series entitled "My Nerd Girl" with the character Suki.
As a reference, maybe I will use Pramudya Ananta Toer's novel entitled “Bumi Manusia” and its tetralogy. Because I like the unusual storyline of the story. Although there is no character deception, but the story is enough to stir the emotions of the readers who can't be guessed. Or the story "My Nerd Girl" on Wattpad can also be a reference because there are many puzzles presented and it is too difficult to guess that the character actually has a protagonist or antagonist character.
I think it's okay if Severus Snape brings a pure soul instead of his cold and rude nature as a killer teacher. Maybe this is the author's strategy so that the audience or readers don't think that Snape is a good-natured person. That way, the audience will be surprised and surprised by Snape who turns out to be a good person.
2. 2. As a writer, I will probably develop the protagonist and antagonist by deceiving the author by changing the antagonist character into the protagonist or vice versa in the middle of the story. For me this is very interesting to do. Besides that, maybe I will also create puzzles for the audience by confusing an audience with the character having an antagonist or protagonist character. Like the series that I recently watched, the series entitled "My Nerd Girl" with the character Suki.
As a reference, maybe I will use Pramudya Ananta Toer's novel entitled “Bumi Manusia” and its tetralogy. Because I like the unusual storyline of the story. Although there is no character deception, but the story is enough to stir the emotions of the readers who can't be guessed. Or the story "My Nerd Girl" on Wattpad can also be a reference because there are many puzzles presented and it is too difficult to guess that the character actually has a protagonist or antagonist character.
1. It's obvious they do that to make a plot twist. But that's how other than the main character get a special spot in audience's eyes. Because those character usually have unique personalities and people will try to connect the dots of their background story. That's how the story become interesting and have high rates. If on the first place J.K Rowling made Severus Snape as "an angelic figure" i'm pretty sure he would easily forgotten. Because character with harsh traits and devilish looks tend to be more popular and eye-catching.
2. I definitely will do the same as what i said before. I will make one of the character that is on main character's side into villain of the story. To prevent antagonist overshadows the main character, i will make a second twist by creating a high-intellectual and visioner main character where she/he already knew everything from the beginning.
2. I definitely will do the same as what i said before. I will make one of the character that is on main character's side into villain of the story. To prevent antagonist overshadows the main character, i will make a second twist by creating a high-intellectual and visioner main character where she/he already knew everything from the beginning.
I'm confused if i have to pick a work that i want to use as reference because there are so many of them. So, i will choose the movie that i watched last night entitled "Fiksi". The genre is psychology-thriller. I thought the main character is innocent but it turned out different (for further story you have to watch it). I love it how the whole movie is thrilling yet so calming. Additionally, i don't find any uninteresting characters here. That's what make it good and i able to finish the whole movie without skipping any scene (which i always do most of the time).
1. I think sometimes the author wants to make the story or film more interesting, for example by indirectly showing the true side of the character and making the audience surprised, or the author wants to impress us by giving a different reality from the perspective of general people.
2. So far i like to watch movies that have some plot twist, because i think it more interesting. And if i have the opportunity to develop a story i will show different sides of the antagonist and protagonist characters, and also added some plot twist. And i will take a reference from X-MEN: Days of Future Past.
2. So far i like to watch movies that have some plot twist, because i think it more interesting. And if i have the opportunity to develop a story i will show different sides of the antagonist and protagonist characters, and also added some plot twist. And i will take a reference from X-MEN: Days of Future Past.
1) I think the author wants to make the storyline more impressive, and develop an unexpected climax. so the readers will be excited about the storyline and they won't get bored easily. besides that it can make the story unfogettable for the readers.
2) If I have to develop a story I will make the the protagonist who looks cruel, and cold hearted in outside but actually he/she is a good person and the antagonist in the beginning will be potrayed as a super kind and gentle person but he can manipulate and tricks everyone that he actually devil personality. and I will choose " Mouse" drama as reference
2) If I have to develop a story I will make the the protagonist who looks cruel, and cold hearted in outside but actually he/she is a good person and the antagonist in the beginning will be potrayed as a super kind and gentle person but he can manipulate and tricks everyone that he actually devil personality. and I will choose " Mouse" drama as reference
1. In my opinion, the writer made the storyline like that because they wants the readers don't feel bored while reading the story and also the authors wants the story doesn't easy to predict and I think most people will be attracted by the surprising and unpredictable storyline. and i think the moral value I can get here is don't judge something just from its outward appearance, because someone who looks good is not necessarily good and (vice versa).
2. i will make the the antagonist character looks good at the beginning of the story, and at the end the antagonist character is revealed to be his true nature. For example, Mysterio in the Spiderman(far from home) movie, he pretends to be nice and pretends to be a hero when in fact he is a villain. and i will make the protagonist character will be originally protagonist, because he will save the world from the evil forces created by the antagonist.
so, for the reference. i will pick all about the superheroes story ><
2. i will make the the antagonist character looks good at the beginning of the story, and at the end the antagonist character is revealed to be his true nature. For example, Mysterio in the Spiderman(far from home) movie, he pretends to be nice and pretends to be a hero when in fact he is a villain. and i will make the protagonist character will be originally protagonist, because he will save the world from the evil forces created by the antagonist.
so, for the reference. i will pick all about the superheroes story ><
1. An author who creates a character like that so that readers or viewers will be interested from being curious until the end of the story because from my personal experience, I am very interested in unexpected events.
2. If I get a chance to develop a story, I will make a dark character and I will present the life experience of this character so that readers will feel curious and surprised. Here I will use the movie "Joker" and the novel "Shela" as a reference.
2. If I get a chance to develop a story, I will make a dark character and I will present the life experience of this character so that readers will feel curious and surprised. Here I will use the movie "Joker" and the novel "Shela" as a reference.
1. for the story to develop to be more exciting. and a lot novels/story for young adult to adult that are tagged with adventure or fantasy have characters development that we didn't expect to make the story more interesting to read.
2. if i ever write a story, then i'll write a main story first and then make a sequel for my side character. for example like write a story focusing on snape and his character development or make a multiuniverse where harry is the bad guy one.
2. if i ever write a story, then i'll write a main story first and then make a sequel for my side character. for example like write a story focusing on snape and his character development or make a multiuniverse where harry is the bad guy one.
1 developing story using such characters is quite simple but it's hard at the same time while maintaining the story and the pace we have to make the audience think of a certain characters bad or even make them hate it and the reveal some things about them that will make the audience pity them probably in a form of tragic back story or some good sides about the characters, this way even the most hated villian can be loved by the audience.
I wouldn't be fun and it would be really weird.
2. For the protagonist throughout the story I would make a character development that doesn't feel like anything has changed on the character but the character has actually changed and we need to pay more attention to the character to notice the slight change and the change I would make should really affect the story, I want the kind of protagonist who cary a burden the people around him don't know about because the protagonist always hide it or has some reason to not reveal it, in the very end of the story i would somehow make a god out of my protagonist, from a crybaby into a world ruling world sounds really cool, for the antagonist I will make people hate him at the beginning and make themm love him at the end just like what I said above, the story I'll will make will have the antagonist become the protagonist and the protagonist become the antagonist at the end of the story (I still don't know how to make such development tho)
-Overlord, overlord is great series because I like fantasies but this one feels more alive, I like the way the author make the protagonist, the way he makes foreshadow, the way he maks the lore of the elements inside the story, and especially the way he delivers the story
I wouldn't be fun and it would be really weird.
2. For the protagonist throughout the story I would make a character development that doesn't feel like anything has changed on the character but the character has actually changed and we need to pay more attention to the character to notice the slight change and the change I would make should really affect the story, I want the kind of protagonist who cary a burden the people around him don't know about because the protagonist always hide it or has some reason to not reveal it, in the very end of the story i would somehow make a god out of my protagonist, from a crybaby into a world ruling world sounds really cool, for the antagonist I will make people hate him at the beginning and make themm love him at the end just like what I said above, the story I'll will make will have the antagonist become the protagonist and the protagonist become the antagonist at the end of the story (I still don't know how to make such development tho)
-Overlord, overlord is great series because I like fantasies but this one feels more alive, I like the way the author make the protagonist, the way he makes foreshadow, the way he maks the lore of the elements inside the story, and especially the way he delivers the story
1) Based on my opinion, how the author develop a story using such deceiving qualities of some characters is a good idea. It is because it can increase reader's interest to read the text and make the story not the same as other.
2) How if we make the story like this, all the characters are actually protagonist. They live base on their character. As we know, every people are different (mind, attitude, habits). We try to take that differences as the way we make the conflict in it. So, the antagonist part Will be replaced by that differences. I think, it will be more touching than we have to add a person/characters to be the antagonist. "Thread of Lies aka. Woohan Geojitmal" drama is inspiring me. This drama proposes the character's feeling as the way we make the conflict. I think, it is such a very interesting and touching story.
2) How if we make the story like this, all the characters are actually protagonist. They live base on their character. As we know, every people are different (mind, attitude, habits). We try to take that differences as the way we make the conflict in it. So, the antagonist part Will be replaced by that differences. I think, it will be more touching than we have to add a person/characters to be the antagonist. "Thread of Lies aka. Woohan Geojitmal" drama is inspiring me. This drama proposes the character's feeling as the way we make the conflict. I think, it is such a very interesting and touching story.
1. The writer want to make a plot twist story that the reader didn't expect would happen. that way of writing will give more interest to the reader. if the story just flat with no surprise, that would be a boring story to read.
2. Maybe I will make a science fiction story. It's about a group of people that looking for treasure in the forest. at the beginning, if they found that treasure, they will divide equally. but turns out, each other of them did not want to divide the treasure. Each other wanted the treasure just for himself. So, they're killing each other so that the treasure only for himself. This story reflect to Dawn of the Planet of The Apes when Koba betrayed to Caesar. Koba wants to be a leader of the Apes.
2. Maybe I will make a science fiction story. It's about a group of people that looking for treasure in the forest. at the beginning, if they found that treasure, they will divide equally. but turns out, each other of them did not want to divide the treasure. Each other wanted the treasure just for himself. So, they're killing each other so that the treasure only for himself. This story reflect to Dawn of the Planet of The Apes when Koba betrayed to Caesar. Koba wants to be a leader of the Apes.
1. In my opinion, it's to make the reader unable to guess what will happen to the story so that it doesn't become a boring story.
2. Maybe I'll make an action story. The story has no antagonists and protagonists. Each character has his own reasons for what he does. So the value of good and evil cannot be determined in this story. I don't have a suitable novel reference, but there's one comic I want to reference : the boxer.
2. Maybe I'll make an action story. The story has no antagonists and protagonists. Each character has his own reasons for what he does. So the value of good and evil cannot be determined in this story. I don't have a suitable novel reference, but there's one comic I want to reference : the boxer.
1. In my opinion, A novel consists of a character interacting with events over time. Character and plot are inseparable, because a person is what happens to them. Without a clear sense of who a character is, what they value, and what they’re afraid of, the reader will be unable to appreciate the significance of your events, and your story will have no impact.
2.The most important thing in creating these two forces is to make sure they work well together. While they must oppose each other, they can be neither too strong nor too weak to where the conflict is easily resolved (or never-ending).
Most likely, your protagonist will defeat the antagonist by the end of the story, but the fight must be believable.
You have to give your protagonist some characteristic that gives them the ability to win—without being too unrealistic.
Also, keep in mind that your antagonist doesn’t have to be overcome or defeated. The antagonist exists to move the story forward, but the struggle doesn’t necessarily go away at the end of the story.
For example, your main character’s antagonist may be his/her own disability. This disability will not simply disappear by the end of the book, but perhaps your character will discover a way to live with it.
2.The most important thing in creating these two forces is to make sure they work well together. While they must oppose each other, they can be neither too strong nor too weak to where the conflict is easily resolved (or never-ending).
Most likely, your protagonist will defeat the antagonist by the end of the story, but the fight must be believable.
You have to give your protagonist some characteristic that gives them the ability to win—without being too unrealistic.
Also, keep in mind that your antagonist doesn’t have to be overcome or defeated. The antagonist exists to move the story forward, but the struggle doesn’t necessarily go away at the end of the story.
For example, your main character’s antagonist may be his/her own disability. This disability will not simply disappear by the end of the book, but perhaps your character will discover a way to live with it.
1. I think the author deliberately tricked us by creating characters whose personalities we couldn't predict whether they were really good or turned out to be villains so that we wouldn't easily guess the end of the story.
If Severus Snape from Harry Potter brought the figure of a pure angel instead of cold and harsh traits as a killer teacher? then we will never know if Severus snape liked Harry Potter's mother and we will never know if Severus snape pretended to be evil to protect harry because he is the daughter of the woman he loves. Because after all this time, Severus always chose Lily.
2. I will make characters like Maui from Moana and Bruno from Encanto.
why? because I will make the character seen as a villain but when we look deeper into the storyline, we will see a character who turns out to be very good. The characters are made into evil so that the readers or viewers are curious about the whole story and the ending of the story.
Like Maui and Bruno they are at the beginning of the story, told as bad characters but in the middle of the story it starts to appear that they are good characters.
Maui is considered evil for taking heart of Te Fiti even though he wants to make the island prosperous and Bruno who is considered evil because he has the power to see the future.
If Severus Snape from Harry Potter brought the figure of a pure angel instead of cold and harsh traits as a killer teacher? then we will never know if Severus snape liked Harry Potter's mother and we will never know if Severus snape pretended to be evil to protect harry because he is the daughter of the woman he loves. Because after all this time, Severus always chose Lily.
2. I will make characters like Maui from Moana and Bruno from Encanto.
why? because I will make the character seen as a villain but when we look deeper into the storyline, we will see a character who turns out to be very good. The characters are made into evil so that the readers or viewers are curious about the whole story and the ending of the story.
Like Maui and Bruno they are at the beginning of the story, told as bad characters but in the middle of the story it starts to appear that they are good characters.
Maui is considered evil for taking heart of Te Fiti even though he wants to make the island prosperous and Bruno who is considered evil because he has the power to see the future.
1. My personal opinion on character development in stories that I've read before is that's actually the attraction of the story other than the main plot being twisted. Creating a whole different characters that the actors gonna changed into after the biggest plot twist is actually the side where it is going to blow the readers or watchers minds. Sometimes it feels better for us as the readers/watchers when the actor develop new character which in this case is the good side. It feels like we as the consumer of the stories growing together with the actor as time goes by. Also, it's good to create a negative character along with the positive or good one, to create balance to the story. And for Severus Snape from Harry Potter, it's all based on our habits (what we used to). When we first read Harry Potter, Severus Snape introduced as cold and harsh which could lead to "bad" characters, and we used to that story. If the characters were about to twisted, we will feel weird, and that's how habits change our pov of something.
2. If I would develop a whole story, I don't think I could create a story that interesting enough for many people, but if I could just create a story based on my own preference, I would twist every single plot that exist. I would create a thriller story along with a little comedy served on the side, when u think something's gonna happen to the protagonist that caused by the antagonist, it's actually the other way around. And that's how the plot and all characters twisted, that's a very plain and bare idea since I don't have any inspiration yet. But, I would love to pick an inspiration out of fiction novel for my movies, so I could create an unpredictable plot twist that doesn't make sense rationally. Because, it's interesting to see the overall review and comments about what other people think of your work and it's interesting to connect with other people through others mindset about something that have broad range which could create many different point of views and many personal opinions.
2. If I would develop a whole story, I don't think I could create a story that interesting enough for many people, but if I could just create a story based on my own preference, I would twist every single plot that exist. I would create a thriller story along with a little comedy served on the side, when u think something's gonna happen to the protagonist that caused by the antagonist, it's actually the other way around. And that's how the plot and all characters twisted, that's a very plain and bare idea since I don't have any inspiration yet. But, I would love to pick an inspiration out of fiction novel for my movies, so I could create an unpredictable plot twist that doesn't make sense rationally. Because, it's interesting to see the overall review and comments about what other people think of your work and it's interesting to connect with other people through others mindset about something that have broad range which could create many different point of views and many personal opinions.
1. In my opinion, if an author use this technique to develop a story to make the readers are not aware and it will surprises them, and shows the development of the character, so that the story will becomes much more interesting and makes everyone who reads it wondering about the continuation of the story. And by building a characters with a tricky traits, whether it's those who look evil but actually a good person, or those who look good but actually they were meant to be evil. It will be one of the biggest plot twists that the readers or viewers don't care about it before. And I think if Severus Snape carried an pure angelic figure from the start, the story won't be too interesting if too many people support Harry. But because of Severus Snape's character who seems cold, fierce and looks evil, but behind it his character actually a kind person and often helps the golden trio. This kind of traits makes the story looks much more interesting, and makes a huge plot twist in the story. If Severus Snape openly helps and supports the Golden Trio, especially helping Harry, this will create a missing link in the story. Because Severus Snape was a spy for Hogwarts among the Death Eaters, and had to pretend to be one of Voldemort's supporters.
2. If I would develop an interesting story, at first I would make the protagonist looks like a kind person, humble and really funny. And in the beginning I would make the protagonist and the antagonist be friend. But then he will looks like developing an anti-hero character traits, it will make a lot of people disagree with him, and against all of his plan including the antagonist character who will then contradict with his plan. And a lot of people will support the antagonist's decision, because it looks much better than the protagonist's. So the readers will guess who's the real protagonist with a better plan. But at the end there will be a plot twist that will show the reason why the protagonist behaves the way he does, and for what purpose he does it. And also the reason why the antagonist contradicts with the protagonist, it's because their goals are actually different, and he actually has a bad goal with the actual villain. That's how I would make a story with some unpredictable plot twist in it. But I don't have any reference from a firctional works to be an inspiration.
2. If I would develop an interesting story, at first I would make the protagonist looks like a kind person, humble and really funny. And in the beginning I would make the protagonist and the antagonist be friend. But then he will looks like developing an anti-hero character traits, it will make a lot of people disagree with him, and against all of his plan including the antagonist character who will then contradict with his plan. And a lot of people will support the antagonist's decision, because it looks much better than the protagonist's. So the readers will guess who's the real protagonist with a better plan. But at the end there will be a plot twist that will show the reason why the protagonist behaves the way he does, and for what purpose he does it. And also the reason why the antagonist contradicts with the protagonist, it's because their goals are actually different, and he actually has a bad goal with the actual villain. That's how I would make a story with some unpredictable plot twist in it. But I don't have any reference from a firctional works to be an inspiration.
1. In my opinion, author who use deceptive characters really make readers enthusiastic because they are curious and like "greget". For Severus Snape, it really surprises readers for the first time reading and watching this novel or film, imagine if from the begin Severus Snape was described as a kind person, surely the storyline would be very easy to predict and it would also be very flat.
2. I will make character manipulation same as I said before, that is to make the reader enthusiastic and curious, and make the reader feel surprised by what I wrote. maybe I will make characters who look innocent, innocent and kind who even though have a bad personality inside, ahaha it's a little scary but it becomes more impressive, like Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter novels.
The fictional story that I will use as a reference will not be far from the Harry Potter story, because I really like it, I even watched the movie since I was little.
2. I will make character manipulation same as I said before, that is to make the reader enthusiastic and curious, and make the reader feel surprised by what I wrote. maybe I will make characters who look innocent, innocent and kind who even though have a bad personality inside, ahaha it's a little scary but it becomes more impressive, like Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter novels.
The fictional story that I will use as a reference will not be far from the Harry Potter story, because I really like it, I even watched the movie since I was little.
1. A writer should attract their readers with their stories. They have to find way to make the readers not feel bored when they read their stories. And making a pure but actually evil character (and vice versa) is one of the way writers attract their readers. It is a plot twist that will make goosebumps for the reader
2. If I were an author, I would create a protagonist who has an invincible superpower, and at first he doesn't know about that power until he finally realizes it.invincible power. then the antagonist has the ambition to beat the protagonist, but this character realizes that he can't beat the protagonist, but he doesn't give up until he finally dies. I chose One Punch Man as my reference, because I enjoyed watching the anime so much that I lost track of time hehe
2. If I were an author, I would create a protagonist who has an invincible superpower, and at first he doesn't know about that power until he finally realizes it.invincible power. then the antagonist has the ambition to beat the protagonist, but this character realizes that he can't beat the protagonist, but he doesn't give up until he finally dies. I chose One Punch Man as my reference, because I enjoyed watching the anime so much that I lost track of time hehe
1. The writer may showing the quality of the story by preparing a synopsis with twisting a character , for example a character who has a protagonist character may change his character into an antagonist in the middle of the synopsis. This may aim to surprise the audience/reader and not be easy to predict for the next story.Severus Snape looks rude and evil to Harry, because he is traumatized and annoyed by his father's harsh treatment, but it turns out that Snape is a kind person who protects Harry by counteracting Quirrell's spell because he is in love with Harry's mother
2. if i were a author i would like to build or make my character into that way like the protagonist having a poor family and get succed and the antagonist is a evil rich guy hahaha. i would say my reference is a movie that i dont really remember but i’ve watched it several time the jackie chan film back then when i was in elementary school.
2. if i were a author i would like to build or make my character into that way like the protagonist having a poor family and get succed and the antagonist is a evil rich guy hahaha. i would say my reference is a movie that i dont really remember but i’ve watched it several time the jackie chan film back then when i was in elementary school.