protagonist
round character
a dynamic character
well the main character should hve hints of appearance throughout the story. Foil
That is third person narration
You can call a character that goes through a big change a dynamic or round character. These characters typically experience growth, transformation, or development throughout the story.
The most important being in your story is the main character -- it doesn't have to be a human!
A static character is a character who has remained unchanged throughout the entire story. Obviously, this is less common on fiction because usually when something happens to a character it alters their personality of outlook on life in some way. Most times a static character is a side character, because he/she wouldn't be important enough to go through a change in the story - that's easily left out. If a character has changed in the story, though, we call that a dynamic character.
I'm not sure, I think they would still be called the main character. Maybe the first person main character or the POV (point of view) character.
The main enemy in a story is often referred to as the antagonist. This character opposes the protagonist and creates conflict throughout the narrative.
which story is an example of a character arc
Yes. A character in a story is any person/entity/being who has any role or influence over the story. So even though it is just a whale, and the whale doesn't speak, the whale is actually a major character, even though it has no parts. This tends to be a trick question that teachers will ask. They will choose an animal or a character outside the story, perhaps in the time span prior to the setting of the story, and ask you if they are a character. The correct answer is usually yes, since even though they are not an ordinary character, they may play a major role in the story. If a story is about someone who lived a life in honor of their deceased parents, then it would be correct to call the parents characters in the story, since the memory and legacy of them influences the story. In Moby Dick, you could say the whale was an unwilling character in the story, since the story was about one man's obsession with the whale.
The main character, or protagonist, is the one the story's about. The character who is in most of the scenes -- or talked about the most -- will be the main character.