21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

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This activity is 10-15 mins.

10 mins for preparation and 5 mins oral discussion or presentation
From your group brainstorm the given task

Answer the Question below

From the text “we ate the children last” discuss the type of character used in the text using the
information below by composing a poem.

Character
Is a person who is responsible for the thoughts and actions within a story,
poem, or other literature

Kinds of Character

1. A protagonist- is considered to be the main character or lead figure in a

novel, play, story, or poem. It may also referred to as the “hero” of a
work.
2. An antagonist- is a character in a story or poem who deceives,
frustrates, or works against the main character, or protagonist, in some
way. The antagonist doesn’t necessary have to be a person. It could be
death, the devil, an illness, or any challenge that prevents the main
character from living “happily ever after”
3. An antihero- is a protagonist who has the opposite of most the
traditional attributes of a hero. He or she may be bewildered, in
effectual, deluded, or merely pathetic.
4. A Flat Character is a character who is the same sort of person at the
end of s story as s/he was at the beginning.
5. A Type Character is a stereotyped character: one whose nature is
familiar from prototypes in previous fiction. S/He has only one
outstanding trait or feature, or at the most a few distinguishing marks.
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6. A dynamic character is a character who during the course of a story,

undergoes a permanent change in some aspect of his/her personality
or outlook.
7. A round character is a character who is complex, multi-dimensional,
and convincing.