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Character Four – Franz Carter


Main relation to story: protagonist’s neighbour, good friend


PART I. PHYSICAL


Full name – Franz Lucas Carter


Date of Birth/Age - 81


Address – neighbour to Madelyn


Race/Ethnic Background/Nationality – German (mother) and English (father)


Height – average


Weight/Body Build – average, with a little bit of a tummy, still looks strong in his age, wide, strong shoulders


Hair – white with small amounts of silver still remaining


Eyes – bright twinkly blue, round and expressive


Peculiar Physical Traits – rosy cheeks, deep laugh lines, eyebrows always raised up with interest,


Glasses/Contacts – reading glasses, old school large frames, keeps in shirt pocket,


Smokes – trying to quit, uses patches


Distinguishing Marks – bushy eyebrows, burn marks on arms and hands,


Health – arthritis in hands, tries to be active and walks a lot,


Smell – musky cologne


Voice – tosses head back and touches stomach to accompany hearty laugh, throaty voice, tends lean forward and speak quietly, esp. for important conversation,


Usual Walking Style – average pace, tends to get distracted when he’s around the neighbourhood


Mannerisms, Nervous Habits, eating habits - nods and uses hands to speak, repeats himself, points at people when he talks to them, punches air to get his point across, eats large portions, loves barbecuing ,


What type of clothes/shoes/accessories does he/she wear? – loafers even in house, tucked in striped button down t-shirts, wristwatch at all times,





PART II. GENERAL


Occupation/Social Class – middle class, retired independent business owner (carpentry)


Views on Money/Spending Habits – frugal, spends money only on ‘good food’


Education/Intelligence – didn’t complete high school, no college, self made man


Marital Status – recently separated, wife left him for a richer, “man about town”, misses her terribly and wants to get her back


Birth Order – third of four boys and 2 girls


Political Party/Views -


Religious Beliefs/Strength of Beliefs – once catholic, since son’s passing, now atheist until his faith in God is renewed


Sexual Orientation/Values – straight, strong family values, doesn’t believe in superficiality,


What is his/her usual disposition? -


Optimist/Pessimist? – depends


Introvert/Extrovert? – friendly introvert


Confident/Self-conscious? -


How does he/she feel about his/her appearance? – appearance has no value to him,


Type of car – grey, rusted car, old but reliable, velvety burgundy seats repaired in a haphazard manner,


Most important possession – his wedding ring


Hobbies/Recreations/Sports – likes to feed birds, learning French to impress his wife (to be more ‘sophisticated’ and ‘worldly’), enjoys karaoke at the local pub,


Talents – used to be carpentry


What is a normal day like for this character? -


Greatest Fear – never getting his wife back, losing everything


Major Goals -





PART III. RELATIONSHIPS


Significant Other/Relationship – separated wife, Ellen,


Who does he/she live with? – alone


Who does he/she spend the most time with? – Madelyn


Father/Relationship with him/Occupation – father was hard on him, he passed away, resentful


Mother/Relationship with her/Occupation – mother died in a childhood (fire -%26gt;burns, saved sisters, not mother)


Siblings/Relationships – eldest brother died as soldier, second oldest brother died from alcoholism, other brother and one sister died of old age, youngest sister alive and living in France,


Children/Ages – One son, Eric, died on duty as a police officer (age 38), driving him to alcoholism, estranged daughter Sophia (now 55)


Best Friend – Ted, bartender from the karaoke pub


Other Important Friends – Madelyn


Feelings toward animals – likes any animal that doesn’t destroy furniture


How does he/she view his family? – misses them terribly and regrets many of his decisions


How does he/she view his friends? -


How does he/she view his boss/co-workers/employees? -


How does his family view him? – frustrated and resentful towards him,


How do his friends view him? – kindest, most gentle soul ever, hard to see him as being angry or violent like in his past


How do his boss/co-workers/employees view him? -


Who is his hero? – his oldest brother


Other comments: had the same ficus plant for ten years, takes good care of it -%26gt; represents his ten years of sobriety, recovering alcoholic (after son’s passing), hard worker, compassionate, regretful, *almost relapses|||in which context you want to evaluate your personality. in which character limits you live. Sorry I really couldnt get what is required here,|||Did you write this before or after you started the story? That is a lot of information to start out with.