Looking at characterization using PostSecret postcards (some are a little more mature)

6. Protagonist: The environmentally aware person that drives a
hybrid car.
How do I know? Because his/her car is the main focus.
Antagonist: People who do not drive hybrid cars
How do I know? People without hybrid cars are destroying the
environment in this person’s eyes.

7. Protagonist:
How do I know?
Antagonist:
How do I know?

9. Static or Dynamic?
Static
How do I know?

10. Static or Dynamic?
How do you know?

12. Round or Flat?
Round
How do I know?
Because the character is conflicted, has multiple sides,
and is like a real person.

13. Round or Flat?
How do you know?

15. The character’s motivation in this post card was to
avoid paying a parking ticket. The action he/she
took was to switch the ticket with another car.

16. What is the character’s motivation in this post
card?
How do you know?
What actions does the character take because of
this motivation?

18. The direct
characterization in
this post card is that
we are told outright
that the man wishes
to be a fireman, but
chooses being a
father over his job.
This is direct
characterization
because we don’t
have to make
inferences about
either of this traits,
we’re told without
having to think about
it.

19. What is the direct characterization in this post
card?
How do you know?

21. This post card shows indirect characterization
because we can infer that the creator is hurting and
missing someone who is at war. The creator does
not say this outright, but instead exhibits sadness at
the sound of a soldier’s voice on the phone.

22. What is the indirect characterization in this post
card?
How do you know?