from typing import List


def get_characters(s: str) -> List[str]:
    """Breaks a string into a list of characters.

    doctests:
    >>> get_characters("abc")
    ['a', 'b', 'c']
    >>> get_characters("IIITG")
    ['I', 'I', 'I', 'T', 'G']
    """

    return list(s)