TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a story (which contains five sentences only). Your task is to find all the characters which are available in the given story.
PROBLEM: Sentence1: Tim's friend always visited when it town. Sentence2: He always waited until the last minute to announce his arrival. Sentence3: Tim got annoyed by that after a while. Sentence4: Soon Tim stopped hanging out with the friend as much. Sentence5: Eventually the friend stopped inviting instead.

SOLUTION: Tim, Tim's friend

PROBLEM: Sentence1: George and Layla loved each other, but were with different people. Sentence2: Layla broke up with her boyfriend, but George was engaged. Sentence3: One night they couldn't resist and finally hooked up. Sentence4: George felt dreadful and told his fiance about the incident. Sentence5: The bride broke the engagement and ended their relationship.

SOLUTION: Fiance, George, Layla, Boyfriend

PROBLEM: Sentence1: Mel took off his shoes. Sentence2: He chucked them into the corner. Sentence3: The next day he went to retrieve them. Sentence4: A large spider was in one of the shoes. Sentence5: Mel shrugged and squashed the spider with his foot.

SOLUTION:
Mel, Spider