Characterize this!
Characters have always been the focus of all stories. I mean, what would a story be without any characters. You're given a main character and back up characters. All of which can have a strong significance in the story. Roberts is able to describe this significance, along with the udnerstanding of how to understand just about everything about the character. With Robert's explanations and understanding of the characters, their traits, their words, how to tell how or who they are based simply on what they say or do.
Some people may find it hard to understand the character and their significance in a story, depending on their role of course. For example, in those horror films when you are thrown back and forth from this person to that person thinking maybe thats the killer, oh no, well then it has to be that one, then it ends up being the biggest shock ever when you finally find out who it is, Roberts has his own way of figuring this out. He also helps us to see and understand how to do the same thing ourselves. If that is what we are trying to do, is confuse our reader or throw them off track, Roberts can help with any of that. As well as, discovering your character and anything else you may need, Roberts does a very good job with explaining everything and makes it a lot easier.
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/EL237/2009/09/roberts_ch_3/#comments
Nice job. I hadn't really interpreted Roberts chapter on character to help throw the reader off, but I see where it could have played an important role in character development or to the story. Especially if you're writing a horror story and don't want the killer to be known.