What is the difference between flat and round characters? round characters are one-dimensional characters with less important story lines; flat characters are multifaceted with story lines that are essential to the plot. flat characters are one-dimensional characters with less important story lines; round characters are multifaceted with story lines that are essential to the plot. flat characters usually have complicated story lines so that they can become the hero of the plot. round characters, like the servant, often have minor story lines.

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.