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In a literary work the focal character is usually the main protagonist of the story, however, if the focal character is not the protagonist then he/she is the focal point, the person that the reader is to focus on and to which the story revolves around. One famous example of a focal character would be in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" in which the main protagonist is Nick Carraway in which the story is seen through his prospective, however the focus of the story is on the titular character, Jay Gatsby.

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