Chracter Analysis
Who is your character? Glen, a book critic.
What is your character’s goal? To read a book in peace and quiet.
What is your inciting moment? Glen’s upstairs neighbor begins to play his trumpet.
Talk about the rise in the conflict. Glen is unable to concentrate and with every attempt to drown out the noise it becomes louder.
What is your character’s reaction to the conflict? annoyance, frustration, then anger.
What does your character need to learn? patience or to politely ask his neighbor to keep it down.
How does your ending relate to the beginning? In the end, Glen is right where he started but with an even louder, more annoying, sound.
What do you want your audience to get out of your piece? The theme is “be careful hat you wish for”, so I suppose the audience should reflect on the repercussions of hasty actions and the value in reason. This is something I think everyone can relate to.
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Name: Glen
Age: Mid 30’s
Evolution/ Life Cycle: Middle aged
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Height: 6′
Weight: 150 lbs.
Gender: Male
Culture: Well to do urban
Profession: book critic
Dreams: Crushing other people’s dreams
Beliefs: His opinion is the only one that matters
Food: Chinese take out
Weakness: Has no concept of sarcasm, easily irritated by others and not very likable
Goals: To ruthlessly rip apart an authors first book in a review
Obstacles: Easily irritable, especially by his upstairs neighbor
Stereotype/Archetype: Stuck up socialite
Sense of Humor: Laughs at his own jokes, mostly puns used in his reviews
Health: Healthy
Family: Only child, parents live in Wisconsin but he won’t admit it
Values:
Environment: Well to do urban areas
Intelligence: Average, although he aill often try to sound smarter that he really is
Education: Bachelor’s in Literary fiction
Sex life: Once in college but it was purely accidental
Needs/ Purposes: recognition for his columns
Nocturnal habits: Heavy sleeper, however he is very particular
Fears: Awkward social situations
Talent:
Self view: Notable book critic and long over due for his own TV program (like those trained chimps Ebert and Roper)
Addictions: none
