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Character Motivation Analysis

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Character Motivation Analysis

Character Motivation Analysis

Character reading a book with thought bubbles showing their motivations

📖 Part 1: Explain Character Motivation

Instructions: Explain what motivates your chosen character. What do they want or need?

1. Which character are you analysing?
2. Explain the character's main motivation or key idea driving their actions.

Sentence starters: "The character is motivated by..." or "What drives this character is..." or "The character's main goal is..."

🔍 Part 2: Identify Specific Motivations

Instructions: Look through the text and identify specific desires, goals, or motivations your character has.

3. List three specific things your character wants or is trying to achieve:

Sentence starters: "The character wants to..." or "They are trying to..." or "Their desire is to..."

Motivation 1: ________________________________________________

Motivation 2: ________________________________________________

Motivation 3: ________________________________________________

4. Which motivation do you think is the strongest? Why?

⚡ Part 3: Analyse How Motivations Influence the Story

Instructions: Think about how the character's motivations affect what happens in the story.

5. How do the character's motivations influence the events in the story?

Sentence starters: "Because the character wants..." or "Their motivation causes..." or "As a result of their desire..."

6. Does the character's motivation create any problems or conflicts? Explain.

📝 Part 4: Support with Text Evidence

Instructions: Find specific evidence from the text that shows your character's motivation.

7. Write down a quote or describe an action that shows the character's motivation:

Sentence starters: "The text shows this when..." or "Evidence of this motivation is..." or "On page ___, the character..."

Evidence 1:

Evidence 2:

8. How does this evidence prove the character's motivation?

💭 Part 5: Discuss Understanding and Engagement

Instructions: Think about how understanding character motivation helps you connect with the story.

9. How does understanding this character's motivation help you engage with the story?

Sentence starters: "Understanding the character's motivation helps me..." or "This makes the story more..." or "I can relate to the character because..."

10. Do you think the character will achieve their goal? Why or why not?
11. What would you do if you were in this character's situation?

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