The film “How to Train Your Dragon” contains many static characters and only a few dynamic characters. The young Vikings in training, as well as their teacher: Fishlegs, Snoutlout, Gobber, Kognedur and Kognedur, are all consistent in their behavior and morals throughout the film. This is what makes them static characters. Additionally, the mother dragon that Hiccup, Astrid, and Toothless find in a cave is a static character as she is the antagonist of the film and she never changes until she dies. There were four dynamic characters in "How to Train Your Dragon." They are: Hiccup, Astrid, Stoick and Toothless. Dynamic characters are the people, or in this case, people and dragons, who change due to the experiences they are forced to overcome. The character our group chose to examine is the vicious and merciless Night Fury who transforms into a cat-like pet: Toothless. At the beginning of the film, when Hiccup captures the Night Fury in a net, he is an intimidating, vicious, mythical dragon that no Viking wants anything to do with. In Hiccup's book, it says that if you see a Night Fury, you must run and hide, or die. As the story progresses and the plot thickens, Hiccup takes care of the dragon's injured tail, feeds it, and names it Toothless. The Night Fury gradually becomes more and more friendly and welcoming towards Hiccup and they develop a friendship. At the end of the movie, after Toothless and Hiccup defeat the gigantic mother of all dragons, Toothless is the friendliest dragon in the village and Hiccup is his best friend. There are four types of conflicts presented in the film. How to train your dragon. These are: Person versus Society, Person versus Person, Person versus Nature and Personal...... middle of paper ......d of conflict. Hiccup still struggles with being a non-murderous Viking because he wants to slay dragons and makes his father Stoick proud; but he cannot kill or harm dragons. Another person versus person conflict is Astrid versus Astrid. She wants to be a warrior, but she can't exceed her own expectations because she's always shown up by Hiccup. Again, both of these conflicts are resolved after the huge battle between the dragon and the Vikings, as Atrid becomes a warrior and Stoick becomes a proud father. How to Train Your Dragon is a movie about a boy named Hiccup who questions the morals of not only society, but also his own father. The film documents his evolution, as well as Toothless going from a ferocious beast to a friendly pet. It also presents conflicts of all kinds between the characters, nature and society..