What are two central conflicts in your book?

     One conflict I see in my book Ender's Game is man vs. man because Ender has to fight aliens from a different planet so they don't invade Earth. I see this conflict when the main character talks about how they have to train for an alien invasion. For example, one scene in my book is when Ender is training for the alien invasion in a game simulator. Also the main character gets tricked when he kills an alien species when he thought he was just in the simulator. Another man vs. man moment is when he is fighting Bonzo in the shower. Man vs. society is when he says that the aliens can speak to them and no one believe's him. Conflict is when their is something holding the main character back and he has to solve the problem.

Another conflict I see is man vs. self because Ender has to get through some emotional problems. The main character for example says,

"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them.”  In one scene, the character in my book gets teased by his teacher named Mazer Reckham.  Man vs. self is when the character is going through an emotional problem. Internal conflict is a problem going on inside of the body. External conflict is when the character has problem outside the body.

Nevermore By: James Patterson

The main character of this story is Max. She blonde, and has bird wings. I would say her personality is tough. Max lives in a normal house like everyone else. I don't know what school she goes to, but she does go to school. She is also 98% human, and 2% bird. Her friends are Fang, and Dylan. The character is not like me because she has bird wings.

       I predict that during the climax she is going to have to save the world from a terrible storm. It will be intense and exciting because it is a life or death situation. I think that my main character will try to figure out why the storm is happening. Most likely everyone will survive in the climax. In order to solve the conflict the main character will have to help the humans from not going extinct.

What is direct and indirect characterization, and how do authors develop life-like characters in literary text?

      Characterization is when you get the author to get you to know character well. The 2 types of characterization are indirect characterization, and direct characterization. Indirect characterization is when the author explains the character, he doesn't just tell you that he is nice, he gives you a clue that makes you think about what the characters personality is like. Direct characterization is when the author tells how the characters personality is. An example of direct characterization is "he was scared boy ready to go into the unknown."
      In order to develop  lifelike characters, authors use characterization. One way authors make characters interesting is by making you get to know the characters well, they do this because when the books over, it gets you mad because you knew that so well, that he as like a close friend to you. Authors use direct characterization to get the readers attention. Authors indirect characterization to get to the reader to think the character's personality. Characters becomes interesting when the author describes them and they do something that is not like them.