<span>Dialogue certainly is the best
method to use when analyzing a character because we can learn so much. Let’s say you are reading a story where the
main character reads a sign a person standing on a street corner is holding
that says, “Can you spare some change?”
After reading that sign, the main character walks up to that person and
yells in his face, “Why don’t you go get a job!?” What can be learned from this interaction? What can be deciphered from this is that the
main character is insensitive to the plights of others and apparently incapable
(or unwilling) to see things objectively and from a perspective other than his
own so much so that he jumps to conclusions and feels the person is just lazy
when, in fact, the person may have just recently lost a job, has bills that
need immediate paying, and/or is perhaps waiting for unemployment benefits to
become active while looking for a new job.
As you can see, thus, dialogue can be quite useful in analyzing a
character.</span>
<u>Dialogue</u> reveals all the nuances, <u>complexity</u> and individual features that are specific of a certain character.
The words that they use, how they express to others, their accent, opinions, language or jargon are all essential <u>elements</u> used to convey the psychology, motives, and traits of a character.
