Being able to analyse and understand a character’s attributes, beliefs, and values is a really useful skill, because you will meet a huge range of characters (aka ‘people’) throughout your life, and if you can understand a character in a book, play, or movie, then you will be better placed to understand the people you meet.
Learn more about why we study characters in English in the full blog here: https://whywestudy.com/why-do-we-study-characters-in-english/