Pop Culture Characters
Indirect or Direct Characterization
MDG Plot
MDG Inferences
Characterization Types
100

Carl from UP went from an ambitious child, to a blissful man, to a grumpy adult, to a content adult, showing he is a __________ character. 

What is dynamic? 

100

Sally gets to work at 5am and skips her lunch break nearly everyday. She usually eats dinner over piles of papers that she is working on. 

What is indirect! This shows that Sally is a workaholic. 

100

This happens to Zaroff at the end of the story: 

What is being fed to the hounds? 

100

"Who cares how a jaguar feels?" shows us: 

What is Rainsford is unsympathetic/views the world from a hunter's lens? 
100

Dynamic characters _______ over time? 

What is change? 

200

Scar from "Lion King" was jealous, snide, and manipulative the whole time, showing he is what type of character? 

What is flat? 

What is static? 

200

Adam is wistful. 

What is direct?

200

The second trap Rainsford sets for Zaroff. 

What is a Burmese Tiger Pit? (Description counts) 

200

"There is no greater bore than perfection" shows: 

What is that Zaroff is looking for a challenge? 

200

These character types experience many emotions: 

What are round characters? 

300

Steve from "Stranger Things" started off as a bully, but gained some emotional depth, and now is these TWO character types:

What is dynamic and round? 

300

Eleanor wishes she could run away and join the circus. 

What is direct? 

300

Ivan's disability. 

What is deaf and mute? 

300

"One was the though that it would be difficult to replace Ivan" shows: 

What is that Zaroff does not care about others. 

300

Events from the show do not change the way these characters behave in the next episode: 

What are flat characters? 

400

Stewie from Family Guy is nefarious, scheming, and wickedly smart, during the entire run of the show. This shows that he is which type of character? 

What is static? 

400

Meagan stared out the trolley window at the lights fading from the circus tent, imagining herself as a trapeze artist. 

What is direct? 

400

The name of the first trap Rainsford sets for Zaroff: 

What is a Malay mancatcher? 

400

"What you speak of is murder" shows: 

What is that Rainsford does not view humans as prey. 

400

The main character usually has these TWO character types: 

What is dynamic and round? 

500

Betty's friends from "Running Out of Air" (the ones who got Ms. P) are these TWO types of characters:

What is dynamic and flat? 

500

Jeffrey Junior dances like a newborn colt.

What is indirect! We have to infer how JJ dances. 

500

The person Rainsford speaks with on the yacht warns him of the island because of: 

What is the island's evil reputation? 

500

"I am still a beast at bay" shows: 

What is that Rainsford has changed to view the world from the prey's point of view/Rainsford is still playing the game. 

500

Archetypes (aka stereotypes) are usually these TWO character types: 

What are static and flat characters?