Characters "The Californian's Tale"

1   . Who is/ are the main character in the story? What does the main character look like?

The main character in this story is a man name Henry. He look just like a traditional Californian people.  He have a yellow hair, white skin, and brown eye(In my imagination).

2.       Describe the  main character’s situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?

Henry's wife has passed away, but he thinks that his wife is just off on a trip, and that she will return on Saturday night.

He just lives in the place down toward Tuttle town. He lives alone by himself since his wife past away. He just living by himself alone and waiting his wife to come back home because he always think that his wife was still alive.

3.       What are some of the chief characteristics of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other characters? Note the degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and fallings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main character’s attitude towards his/ her life? Is he/ she happy or sad, content or discontented? Why?

The main character name Henry just being happy all the time, he thought that his wife is coming back soon, but when the day come after he and his friends having the party for welcome his wife home he notice that his wife is dead and become very sad. His friends just come and have the party with him every year and put him to sleep at the end of the party. The main character attitude toward his life just had been stop in the time that his wife is still alive, he feel happy because of that, but when he noticed it after the party he will feel sad again. The attitudes will just never change that he love his wife.

4.       What sort of conflict in the character facing? How is this conflict reveled? Is it resolved? If so, how?

The conflict of the main character is facing the dead of his wife. The conflict is never ended because after him awake after the end of the party he need to face the conflict again. He just keep facing the same thing over and over again.

5.       Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible change for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?

The main character Henry didn’t change any things, he just being happy until the end of the party after waking up for welcoming his wife home. His neighbor does this because he knows that when Henry awakes, he will realize that his wife is truly gone. The problem with this is that one year later they will have to repeat the fake party.