Character’s Role in Making a Story Character, stories are affected in many ways by this seemingly small aspect of a short story. Just the use of certain characters in a story can change the way we perceive a story. Some characters hardly receive a mention in the story, but that small part can change the outcome. Other characters have traits about them that the entire story is based around. Whatever story you look at character has a huge role in determining how the story ends. The major character in most stories is a dynamic character, they bring most of the action into a story. In the story "A good man is Hard to Find" the grandmothe