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Flat characters are two dimensional characters who doesn't have any development. Petunia Dursley is a flat character only if you look at individual books, if you look at the series as a whole, she does develop. Petunia is a minor character so in the first book, we only see her in the first few chapters. Our impression is that she is a selfish and proud woman who cares deeply about how others perceive her. This doesn't change much until the fifth book, when we begin to learn a little more of her backstory and finally in the seventh book were we learn even more about her early life. Prior to this, we only see Petunia acting as she always has and therefore she has no development and is a flat character. This is largely because as a minor character who is a muggle, she doesn't appear in much of the story. A lot of Petunia's development also happened outside of the books and through Pottermore, which J.K. Rowling used to release new information.
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Personally, i don't think there are any flat characters. Perhaps the waitress in the restaurant La Bella Italia where Edward and Bella discuss Edward's mind reading abilities is the only one. But every character there has a story to them; some are just found in later books.
I understand Bella Swan is supposedly a flat character but, from my understanding, we have the opportunity to discover a lot about her if attention is paid. There are several indirect characterizations. Bella is insecure, avoidant, self centered, extremely passionate about loved ones, becomes emotionally attached to the idea of living a different life. She has high potential, but feels out of place. She is intrigued by the odd or eccentric. Bella shows a lot of signs of having high functioning autism, and I feel I understand the character pretty well. Someone please explain how, with all of the above character traits mentioned, Bella is considered flat?
I'm not sure what number his flat was but he lived on the 15th floor.