Read this passage:
The storm howled, and Nicki could barely hear the
captain's voice as she stood out on the bow of the ship.
She remembered a time when standing here would have
terrified her. "Boats are no place for children," her father
had said. But now she was not a child. Her father, on the
other hand, never seemed to change. He slept below the
deck, steady and stubborn as always. Nicki looked out at
the vast expanse of sea, dreaming of the places she was
going to go, unaware of the man in the top hat, who
continued to stalk her.
Which statement best identifies the characters in the passage?
A. The captain is a flat character; Nicki's father is also a flat
character
OB. The man in the top hat is a flat character; Nicki is also a flat
character.
C. Nicki's father is a round character, the captain is a protagonist.
D. Nicki is an antagonist; Nicki's father is a round character.

The statement that best identifies the characters in the passage is: The captain is a flat character; Nicki's father is also a flat character.

What is a character?

A character is a fictitious or fictional person or thing that is created by an author to enhance the advance of the course of the plot.

Characters are identified by:

The description is given by the author
What the character says or does
The character's interaction with other characters etc.

Hence, the captain is a flat character; and Nicki's father is also a flat character because they are neither the protagonist nor the antagonist.

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