7
2.1.2
Roum:! and Characte!"S
According
to
the
types
of
character:; there
are
two
kinds
of
distinguishing
characters
the sto::r. They are
round
charactr and flat
cbanu.:tez-.
V</hat
char cter
says
acd
does
might
be
so
compiex,
complicated
and
changeable without shocking us as readers by heir iz:consistent
attitude.
(
Riteher,
:981
4
).
lie
nay f-tZ.ve
some changes
such
as
thcughts and
traits from the
begi:w."ling, the
middleuntil
the
end
of
the
sto=y. He
may
change his persoaalit<j
because
of the
changing
of
his
life
condition
such
as
a
desire
to
have
a
be
er
life.
Kino,
for
instance, who
at
first
is a
vePj
siffip!e and o
edient,
later
becomes a
very ambitious
and
bard
headed
man.
Forster
Kirszner
&
Mendell
(
2000
)
says :
"A.
character as
round
is weii-developed, closely
involved
in and
cesponsive
to
the
action"
(
p.93
).
F!at charllcter
is the one
that is almost static and
makes no
change. (
Forster
in
Kirszner
&
Mendell,
2000
:
93 )
A. f.'at character
acts
consistently because
he is
only
inflaenced by one
or two
traits
or we
ca.n say
he
is
a
carr:cature for he
has
a
simple characteris!ic.
Gill
(
1995
)
savs
in the
foilow:ng :
-
"A
flat
character has a few
characteristic, w[j!e
a
round
one
has several" ( p.l30 ).
He has
no changes
in
his
behaviour
or
personality
traits.
He does
not
have an
outstanding
characteristic
so
that
the
role
of
this
character
is
not really
important
as
that
of
round character.
However,
he
is
stiH r.eeded
anyway. In
some
stories,
he
can
help
the
development
of
round character. lie can
support
rou:::d character to do something,
give
opin;on and
that can
be one
of
those who help
the
round character's change. He
lacks
of
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