Believable Characters In Saillenfest And Dessalles The Knife Story

Saillenfest and Dessalles ask the question, can believable characters act unexpectedly? The Knife Story is provided as an example to further illustrate this question. The story explains that John and Mary are true lovers with growing love, and on a Tuesday breakfast with John, Mary goes to the kitchen, grabs a knife, returns and stabs John in the back. With the short information provided, Mary stabbing John does not make sense, and therefore Mary’s character suffers from lack of believability due to the lack of an explanation, which can restore her intentions and believability. However, despite the deficiency of believability, the story had taken an unexpected, interesting turn in events. The reader is left wondering why Mary carried out the actions she did, and consequently, desires an enlightenment and is further pulled into the story. This essay will explore how can a …show more content…
In relation, how people feel around to familiar people and strangers will be compared. Furthermore, memory and personality is assessed regarding how humans are agents of behaviour and how that relates to characters. Most importantly, believability and unexpectedness are explored in regard to characters and story, and how these two contrasting elements can coexist to create a believable yet interesting story.
How are people more relaxed around people who are familiar compared to strangers? It is a possibility that because those who are familiar will behave in some way that is expected, people are more comfortable around them as they can expect and therefore be