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Unfortunately, that also means that archetypal characters are clichéd. This may be helpful when populating your world with minor/flat characters, because it is reassuring and comforting to your reader your reader knows these archetypal characters already. Using an archetype is a kind of shorthand if you put in a character like The Lonely Old Lady With A Dog, the reader recognizes the character and knows what to expect from them. You are already aware of many archetypes you can recognize them in the movies you watch, such as the Reluctant Hero (Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games series). Part of why The Great Gatsby has endured in American literature is because the characters are complex, rather than being simple archetypes. In other words, the protagonist must be a character that grows and changes during the story it is the progress of this change that keeps the reader interested and cheering for the character. Usually, the protagonist is also a Round character, “a developing three-dimensional character” (Knorr and Schell 165). An idea can also function as an antagonist: Gatsby is also fighting against the bourgeois prejudice of elite 1920s New York City, where “old money”-such as the Buchanans-is worth more than new money, as exemplified by the divide between East Egg and West Egg. While Gatsby is our protagonist, the one who we want to succeed, his success would mean ousting his beloved Daisy’s husband, Tom Buchanan. Also, “a static and undeveloped character of two dimensions” (Knorr and Schell 165). Flat/Minor: a character(s) who helps readers better understand another character, usually the protagonist.Antagonist: opponent or enemy of the protagonist (Tom Buchanan).Protagonist: the main or central character, the hero (Gatsby).Note that the characters in the novel are more complex than what I simply state here, and that Gatsby faces other antagonists-such as class, bourgeois snobbery, and the progression of time itself.

Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby for examples of character types. You may recall from your literature classes that characters can be “flat” or “round,” and likewise, “minor” or “major.” A character also may be a protagonist or antagonist. They provide an overview of character archetypes and tools to aid in character building. These resources discuss character creation and development in fiction writing.