Foil Characters in Novels A FOIL CHARACTER IS

Foil Characters in Novels A FOIL CHARACTER IS A CHARACTER WHOSE SITUATION OR ACTIONS PARALLEL THOSE OF ANOTHER CHARACTER—USUALLY THE PROTAGONIST. OVER TIME, THE AUTHOR’S IMPLIED COMPARISON REVEALS SOMETHING MEANINGFUL ABOUT THE PROTAGONIST. :

Foil Characters: Function THERE A WIDE RANGE OF EFFECTS OR PURPOSES AN AUTHOR MAY INTEND IN WRITING A FOIL INTO A STORY. THIS MAY LEAD READERS TO A DISCUSSION OF ANY COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1. HOW DOES THE FOIL HANDLE THE PROTAGONIST’S CONFLICT DIFFERENTLY? 2. DOES A THEME EMERGE FROM HOW EACH BEHAVES DIFFERENTLY? 3. HOW DOES THE FOIL ALLOW FOR DEEPER CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PROTAGONIST?

Foil Characters: How to Identify 1. LOOK FOR CHARACTERS WITH SOME PARALLELS (IN AGE, FRIENDSHIP, PLOT EVENTS/PARALLEL CHAPTERS) 2. LOOK FOR CONTRASTS WITHIN THOSE SIMILARITIES (HOW THEY HANDLE CONFLICT, THEIR WORLD-VIEW, AND ESPECIALLY BEHAVIOR) 3. FOLLOW A VENN DIAGRAM MODEL TO EXPLORE THE CONTRAST 4. FIND CONTRASTS IN SIMILAR PLOT SITUATIONS 5. USE DIRECT QUOTATIONS TO ARRIVE AT AN ASSERTION THAT STATES THE DIFFERENCE OR CONTRAST AND WHY IT EXISTS

Foil Characters: Practice MR. FREEMAN (MAJOR) MR. NECK (MINOR) THEME: IN THE NOVEL SPEAK, LAURE HALSE ANDERSON USES MR. NECK AS A FOIL TO MR. FREEMAN TO SHOW ________________________________.