As I don't know the specific story, it's difficult to say. But likely there's the hitchhiker as a main character. There might also be the person who picks up the hitchhiker, who could be an ordinary person or have some hidden and menacing qualities.
I'm not entirely sure which specific 'Stephen King Hitchhiker Story' you're referring to. King has many works with various themes. It could potentially be about a hitchhiker who encounters strange and perhaps terrifying situations, as King often delves into the supernatural and the macabre in his stories.
The main character is Wilfred James. He is at the center of the story's events.
I'm not entirely sure as I haven't fully studied this story. But often in Stephen King's works, there are protagonists who are ordinary people thrust into extraordinary and dangerous situations. So there might be a character like that in 'The Institute' too.
I don't know which 1998 Stephen King story you mean, so I can't tell you the main characters.
There's Cujo, the rabid dog of course. And then there's Donna Trenton, the mother who gets trapped in the car with her son Tad. Vic Trenton, Donna's husband, is also an important character.
I'm not entirely sure as it's been a while since I read it, but usually in King's small - town stories, there are local residents like fishermen, old - timers who know the area well, and women who hold the community together.
The main characters are typically the hitchhiker and the driver.
The main characters are the mother - son duo of sleepwalkers and the people in the town they are preying on, especially the virgin girls.
The main characters are Carrie White, the girl with telekinetic powers. Then there's her mother, a religious fanatic. And there's also Tommy Ross, the boy who takes Carrie to the prom.
Typically, there would be the victims or the ones who experience the presence of the boogeyman. It could be a family, for example, with parents and children. Maybe a young child who is the first to sense the boogeyman's existence and then tries to convince the adults around them.