Coronatus

Hey, look! It is Coronatus! Look into his eyes and you got a friend for life. He is a bit shy, but he does know how to wield a gun when he gets threatened. So, hire him as your bodyguard. Did I mention that he is single?

A character, first of all, is the noise of his name, and all the sounds and rhythms that proceed from him. We pass most things in novels as we pass things on a train. The words flow by like the scenery. All is change. But there are some points in a narrative which remain relatively fixed; we may depart from them, but soon we return, as music returns to its theme. Characters are those primary substance to which everything else is attached.