comparison of literary types

A literary character 
is one time-lapse arc 
taken in sequence 
and chosen frames 
from the first sunup glimmer
where they arise, to add their 
specific shade and hue, glitter
and angle to the thickening plot, 
up all through the coloring 
clouds, an obstacle course 
they fly over and past, to
(finally) wherever they 
set: and there it is. That 

whole arc 

is the character.

We don't see
it all, just chosen shots, 
but we see enough.

The character 
of the author,
by comparison 

is all of that plus 
everything that lands 
or was put deliberately 

out-of-frame