What is the difference between a major and a minor character? a major character has a less important story line, while a minor character plays a bigger role in the plot. a major character plays a big role in the plot, while a minor character has a less important story line. a major character has an unimportant story line in the plot. a minor character's story line is as important and developed as the major characters' story lines.

A minor character's storyline is as important and developed as the major characters' storylines.

Explanation:

Let's take a popular book series, like The Hunger Games or Harry Potter. In the Hunger Games, Katniss Evergreen is the main character, or, the major character as your question poses. The book focuses on her and her development. However, it also focuses on Peeta, who is technically a minor character, as the books predominantly focus on Katniss; but Peeta still had development, and proved to become vital to the storyline.

In Harry Potter, let's look at the 'Golden Trio'. Harry Potter is clearly the main character, and his development is evident all throughout the books. However, without his partners in crime, Ron Weasly and Hermione Granger, he never would have gotten very far. While there isn't much showcased in the books about their development, it's still there, just subtly so.

martians or other types of aliens represent a unique fear as opposed to zombies. vampires and other types of monsters.   in most sci-fi stories, aliens come from other worlds and have different or more advanced technology.   abductions and experimentation on human bodies that involve these technologies, or the use of these technologies against human beings and the use of unknown "powers", are a type of fear that's different from that of other types of monsters.  

i’m pretty sure it is the second