In literary works, novels can depict characters from multiple angles and in all directions. It can use various artistic means to describe characters' portraits, psychological descriptions, dialogue descriptions, behavioral descriptions and environment from various angles. Description can not only show the external appearance of the character's voice, smile, speech, behavior, clothing, etc., but also present the inner activities such as the character's psychology, thoughts and feelings, and also fully demonstrate the interaction between the character and the environment, thus creating a full and rich story. Successful persona. The novel portrays characters through descriptions of portraits, behavior, language, psychology, and details.

1. Portrait description refers to using accurate, vivid and vivid language to describe the characteristics of all aspects of a character's appearance. Such as appearance, clothing, posture, expression, demeanor, etc. Successful portrait description can not only make the character stand out in front of the reader, but also express the character's identity, status, experience, and encounters, thereby revealing the character's personality traits.

2. The portrait description should be good at grasping the outstanding characteristics of the characters. To depict a person's characteristics in an extremely economical way, it is best to draw his eyes. If you draw all the hair, even if it is lifelike, it will be meaningless. Eyes are the windows to the soul. Drawing eyes can reflect the character's inner world and express personality traits.

3. Common portrait description methods. To sum up, the techniques used by Chinese and foreign novelists in portrait description generally fall into three forms. That is, the overall depiction, the partial depiction and the depiction of the clouds and the moon. The so-called overall description is the writer's comprehensive introduction to the characters he writes about. That is, it is not limited to the description of the character's eyes and eyebrows, but the whole picture of the character, including the character's clothing, hands, feet, expression, etc. For example: Lu Xun's description of the "Tofu Xishi" Yang Ersao in "Hometown", a woman in her fifties with protruding cheekbones and thin lips, without a skirt, with her feet spread like compasses. The so-called partial description refers to the author's deliberate description of the most characteristic parts of the character's portrait. It's a bit like a close-up in a movie, which best reflects the character's personality. For example: Lao She's image of the old girl Huniu in "Camel Xiangzi". The so-called "bright clouds and moonlight" style of portrait description means that the writer does not describe the characters directly, but expresses them in a tortuous way through other people's dictation, words, and actions. This kind of writing not only saves effort, but sometimes even has a better effect than positive description.