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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

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When we think of minor characters of a story we think that they aren’t important or contribute anything towards the development of the plot. We usually think of them as background extras or unrelated plot to make the story longer, however that's not the case, minor characters are very important in advancing the theme or plot. They can have a major impact as in changing how the main character feels or act, or develop the story even further. Even if they don’t have a tremendous effect to the main character or story. Minor character plays certain roles to bring the story together. In this essay I will show three examples of minor characters in three different stories. The first minor character I am going to introduce is Mrs.Alexander from “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” by Haddon. Mrs.Alexander is Christopher’s (main character) neighbor. An old lady who offers snacks to Christopher and chats with him. She is an important minor character in the story because in Chapter 97 Mrs.Alexander confesses to Christopher that his mother wasn’t really dead and she was with Mr.Shears. The minor character Mrs.Alexander is important because she reveals that Christopher's mom isn’t really dead. Later on …show more content…

The minor character, Dr.Watson also plays a huge role in the story. Dr.Watson is the sidekick of Sherlock Holmes, who spends most of his time in trying to solve a difficult case for his master. Dr.Watson is a necessary character in advancing the plot. He is the narrator of our story and tells us everything from his point of view because if the story was written in Holmes point of view the story would be very hard to understand. For instance, Holmes sees the tiny details and the big picture at the same time, he doesn’t think nor act like other people so therefore the story would be very difficult to follow. Dr.Watson is pretty much the middle man between society and Holmes

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