Narrative and character.

In many movies that I have watched, the narrator in the film is the main character. Initially, being that the main character of the film is the narrator, you would think that you would be able to trust them and that they were reliable, but this isn’t always the case. The first person narrator is typically the main character of the movie because these types of narrators have information about themselves and the story that are important. This is seen in the movies Adaptation and memento as both Leonard And Charlie are first person narrators who give information about their lives and the story. In some movies like Memento, we are led to believe we can trust Leonard but in the end it turns out we can’t and he isn’t a reliable narrator. He had a goal in the movie to find his wife’s killer and everything he believed to be true was wrong. Narrative structure is important in the development of any character. It tells us what’s going on with the setting, the round characters, the flat characters. The protagonist is usually the narrator in a first person narrative and when this happens we see the world the way that they see it. If they feel a certain way about a character like the antagonist, we will feel and see the narrators feelings on the character. If we see the point of view of the antagonist, we will see their perspective of the world. If the narrator is the main character, they will tell us their goals and we will see them try to reach that goal throughout the movie. This is shown in adaptation where Charlie just wants to look and seem normal and wants other people to think the same. He wants to write the screenplay and not mess it up and we see him struggling with this goal. By the end of the movie we will see if the character achieves their goals or if they fail. The way the characters are shaped are usually from the outcome of their goals. An example that comes to mind from one of my favorite movies Remember the Titans. when on of the main characters, Gerry Bertier gets into a car crash that paralyzes him from the waist down. We have seen that this characters goals was to play football and win for his team. When he gets paralyzed we see his character broken that his goal can’t be achieved. When he knows that his goal can still be achieved by his team, he gets his confidence back and doesn’t give up on himself. We see this character achieve his goals and still get a happy ending. When characters don’t get their goal it usually ends with them in a worse state that in the beginning or it teaches them and they get new personal goals. Character development is made with each action every character makes to either get closer or further from their goals. If they make wrong choices and actions then it usually means they get a rough ending for that character. In many cases you will see characters do a 180 and change from good to bad, or bad to good. In memento, the goal of finding the killer of his wife is completed but the end result finishes the character development Leonard. But shows the truth to show that he’s been looking for himself the whole time. So in the end we find out the main character is the protagonist and also the antagonist.