To see a character is not enough, however; in order to understand him as a person and to follow his story, we must be told of the passions, thoughts, and motives that lead him to behave as he does. The storyteller can do this in several ways. He can, as did the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (1771-1832) in his historical novels, assume the role of an outside observer, giving his own explanations, comments, and judgments about the characters.