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AndrewMowere · 09-14-2016, 05:05 AM

I happened to watch Wreck It Ralph yesterday, where the protagonist basically just wants to be popular. I then went on to watch some episodes of an anime called Mob Psycho 100, and in a particular episode SPOILERS the main characters has a powerful emotional response to not being able to quit using his psychic powers. It got me thinking about the differences between pieces where there are grandiose problems leading to emotional responses in the character and pieces where the issues are small, such as, say, trying hard to make your father proud and then seeing him upset because you dislike his favorite show. I wonder which of these two illicit a greater sense of sympathy from a reader or watcher.

And so I present this question to you: Do you prefer to see characters deal with mundane issues or greater ones? Can you give examples of a few books which really stood out to you? Should one, then create an emotional response from his characters that is proportional or disproportional to the issue in writing?

09-14-2016, 05:05 AM	#1
AndrewMowere Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 2050612 Join Date: Dec 2015 Device: none	Big Issues Versus Small Ones In Writing I happened to watch Wreck It Ralph yesterday, where the protagonist basically just wants to be popular. I then went on to watch some episodes of an anime called Mob Psycho 100, and in a particular episode SPOILERS the main characters has a powerful emotional response to not being able to quit using his psychic powers. It got me thinking about the differences between pieces where there are grandiose problems leading to emotional responses in the character and pieces where the issues are small, such as, say, trying hard to make your father proud and then seeing him upset because you dislike his favorite show. I wonder which of these two illicit a greater sense of sympathy from a reader or watcher. And so I present this question to you: Do you prefer to see characters deal with mundane issues or greater ones? Can you give examples of a few books which really stood out to you? Should one, then create an emotional response from his characters that is proportional or disproportional to the issue in writing?