Definition – protagonist, the main character in a story or play. A protagonist is the character that the story is narrated by, and whose conflicts create the plot. Sometimes the protagonist can be referred to as the hero of a story or play. Batman, in the Batman movies, is the protagonist. He is the hero in the movie and solves the conflicts. Other examples of protagonist include Napoleon, in the story Animal Farm; Goodman Brown, in the short story “Young Goodman Brown”. These characters are the ones who create the plot in their stories.
Example – The protagonist in the book Kite Runner is Amir. Amir is the main character in the story and most of the time the main character in every conflict. “I ran because I was a coward”