A name identifies a character and provides clues to ethnicity, gender, and familial relationships among other thing. Paying attention to the names assigned characters might seem secondary; however, those names can affect how a reader views each character’s personality and identifies with the character.
A name creates a relationship between the reader and the character. When a character reacts to their name, it provides the reader insight into the character’s personality. When a character receives a nickname from another character or gives a character a nickname, the reader gets an insight into the…
