In defense of unlikeable characters in fiction
Hey, everyone. It's Tuesday. And today's well is well, in defense. Defense unlikeable characters. Fiction fiction. And I can tell you that very close to my heart because Artist feels quite in kinship with three characters. And that's not just me. You know, I'm just saying a lot of women get attracted to bad boys. But on the most serious note, I think antagonists are who gives a protagonist shape and character and depth more than anyone else does
By the middle of the story, you should be absolutely loathing the protagonist sorry, the antagonist and worry for the hero that will he be able to beat the antagonist? I'll give you a very simple example. It's not a very well known book, but I really loved it. It's a book called storming by the author katy murray Wiland km Wiland. And the protagonist is very technologically sorry. The antagonist is very technologically advanced. He's a very shrewd man
And the great Greek heroes and gods are portrayed as mysterious and vengeful and capricious. And I think the author has very well portrayed the depths of darkness in each of her characters. So yeah, that's a book recommendation coming from me. Also, I would love to have your take on my views. So let's take this because organization father, thank you
Deepti Menon
@deepsmenon_7 · 4:43
Now, the two of them came across like milk, SOPs they were not very impressive when compared to the two main characters. So, again, who are the protagonists and who are the antagonists? I think there's a very thin line there. There are so many wonderful books out there that I've enjoyed reading. You have Miss Havisham and the convict in Great expectations. They are definitely Antigonus. And look at Pip. He grows on you
Deepti Menon
@deepsmenon_7 · 3:25
He starts he loves her, and so he starts going against his master. Now, here again, I feel that in many of these characters there is a bit of a development and that is so important and so interesting, because when it is, when a character develops that you find that the book progresses. Imagine having the character staying static, being the same monotonous person right through his persona, does not move on in the least. And would you really enjoy reading about a character like that?
So maybe the way in which an antagonist is portrayed, whether it's a real person in flesh and blood, or it's just a disease, or it's just something which probably cannot be even touched, even if it's merciless and ruthless, you can't see it. But then it's so powerful, it's been written so well, the effect has been explained so succinctly that you start suddenly rooting for the protagonist and against the antagonist. I really feel like etching
But if the slice of life books or books which do not really have a specified antagonist can also be quite amazing, equally amazing, if not more if the characters are editors. So I think the bottom line would be that the characters have to be developed properly so that the reader feels use. Like he's in a real story and wants to be a part of it. But I must say, you have provided a very informed opinion. I love the examples that you talked about
And she develops, you know, she develops she head over heels in love with Ashley, and then she realizes what love actually means and what her independence means to her. So I think it's a beautiful story and all this discussion about different books chand the way great characters of surface makes me feel that when I write a book, I actually can't create a negative character