Throughout the majority of the movie, John is only focused on two things: running the local coal mine and his oldest son's high school football career. Because of this, he does not focus on his son Homer, who has a dream of building rockets. By the end of the movie, after Homer's constant begging, "Dad, will you please come? It's important to me," John realizes the love that he has for his son and changes his relatively hard exterior and shows up at the launching of Homer's final rocket. The directors use John Hickam effectively as a dynamic character in order to draw attention to character development, an essential element of all movies. Through John, they show that people are capable of loving others, but they just need time to grow. With John, time brings change. John and his initial feelings is something that happens all too often in society and it is this movie that gives people hope that things can change. .
Static Character.
Definition.
A static character is a character that changes very little, if at all, over the course of the story.
Example.
Kramer, from NBC's hit show Seinfeld, is a wonderful example.
Explanation.
Kramer plays the role of the lovable, clumsy, and often delusional slacker that is so comfortable with who they are that they make no attempt to change. In every episode, he exhibits the same personality traits: He's clumsy, falls all over himself, and would prefer to take the easy way out and do nothing. The creators of Seinfeld use Kramer effectively as a static character to demonstrate a typical side effect of settling into a routine: that, once a person does, things don't change. He's comfortable with his routine and who he is and, because of that, he repeats this endless revolving cycle that has become his life.
Antagonist.
Definition.
An antagonist is a character, or a force, that is in conflict with the central character of a story.
Example.
The Evil Queen, from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (dir.