Aspects of the Novel (idea)

Plot and Structure – is the arrangement of the events that make up the story and analysis of those events.

Structure itself is merely the order of events

Plot is the ordering of events to a specific end

In other words plot needs structure, by structure doesn’t have plot

Character

• A protagonist is the central character; and where meaning can most often be found
• An antagonist is placed in contrast of the protagonist
• A dynamic character (most characters) changes through out the novel
• A static character does not change

Setting is defined by the constructs the characters are placed in, be they historical, social, geographic, emotional, ect.

Point of view is how the story is told, both in the tense and in what the authors precieved stance is on the issues that are raised

Theme is the meaning, or basic undestanding that is gained through the novel.

Conflict is necessiary to all stories – otherwise the story doesn’t have any currency.Typical types of conflict include:

• Man vs God or Nature
• Man vs Man
• Man vs Self
• Man vs Society