In a work of literature, what is an antagonist?

a the main character in the story

b a character that provides a source of conflict for the main character

c the person telling the story

d the person reading the story

b. a character that provides a source of conflict for the main character.

in   ¨and yet the books¨   by czelaw miloz the tone is positive since it tells us that when we touch a book, it starts to live and the perspective is in the third person and turns once into the first person. in "the rhinoceros" by eugene ionesco the tone is illogical and absurd   and the perspective is in the third person since it is a play.