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I would need to see a passage or a article here. I am not sure what your trying to convey.
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Remember, major characters are those who are central to the main plot and story conflicts. ... Minor characters are there to support the major characters but have less influence on the story.
example of purposeful tone
In one motion the tall young man beckoned me over with urgency. I felt anxious and somewhat uncomfortable as I stumbled toward his intimidating figure. Before he had the chance to open his mouth and belittle me in the passive-aggressive manner I am so often spoken to in. My shirt stature, round body-type, and greasy comb-over frequently earned me snide comments of my inferiority to the rest of the world. I can’t tell you now, there is absolutely nothing an attractive and seemingly successful man like this could tell me without the sole intention of making him feel better about himself. I will not be used to prop up another man’s ego this time, I will make him suffer as I have for over fifty years
The difference is that Joe Morgan was on Ford Island when the bombs started falling. He sheltered himself under a huge <span>I-beam that he found when he ran into </span>a hangar. Robert Kinsler, on the other hand, was not at Pearl Harbor when the bombs started falling. He was at the barracks and was few miles away.