- Characters are defined by what they can and can not accept People can be defined as a result of their actions toward particular incidents, as they act according to their beliefs. Authors try to encourage their reader to understand the key characters in their novel by building up their emotional worth, personality and nature. Authors will generally try to describe a character by capturing their emotions, feelings and actions in an event in the novel. We can determine a character's personality by how they respond to the events. In the novels ....