So what is character development? Help students learn how to analyze characters at a much deeper level. Consider the type of conflict (static, dynamic, round, flat) and how a character's motivation affects his/her behaviors. Analyzing a character is one of the first steps to understanding the overall theme and author's purpose. Students can use this organizer to track and analyze characters in texts. They will also have the opportunity to directly pull textual evidence into the outline to be sure they can support their analysis.