scanf help

[Aramil]

Hi! I am new to programming in c. I can write hello world, but want to eventually move up to a text based rpg. I am working on the character creation script, but it isn't saving the variables correctly. Please tell me what is wrong with my code.
//Character Creation
#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
char name, race, class, age, weapon, area, answer;

printf("Please write all input as lowercase, except for name and area, and on age please spell the numebr\n");

//Trial 1
puts("Choose your name: ");
scanf("%s", &name);
puts("Choose your race:\nDwarf\nElf\nHalf-Elf\nHuman\nOrc ");
scanf("%s", &race);
puts("Choose your class:\nFighter\nMage\nRanger ");
scanf("%s", &class);
puts("What is your age: ");
scanf("%s", &age);
puts("Choose your weapon:\nSword\nSpell Book\nBow ");
scanf("%s", &weapon);
puts("Where do you live:\nElixia\nDragoda\nThe Temple City ");
scanf("%s", &area);
puts("Are all of these correct? ");
scanf("%s", &answer);

if(answer == "no")
puts("Choose your name: ");
scanf("%s", &name);
puts("Choose your race:\nDwarf\nElf\nHalf-Elf\nHuman\nOrc ");
scanf("%s", &race);
puts("Choose your class:\nFighter\nMage\nRanger ");
scanf("%s", &class);
puts("What is your age: ");
scanf("%s", &age);
puts("Choose your weapon:\nSword\nSpell Book\nBow ");
scanf("%s", &weapon);
puts("Where do you live:\nElixia\nDragoda\nThe Temple City ");
scanf("%s", &area);
puts("Are all of these correct? ");
scanf("%s", &answer);

if(answer == "yes")
printf("So %s, you are a %s year old %s %s who lives in %s and uses a %s\n", &name, &age, &race, &class, &area, &weapon);
}

What appears when i try to compile it:
firstwrite.c: In function ‘main’:
firstwrite.c:26:11: warning: comparison between pointer and integer
firstwrite.c:42:11: warning: comparison between pointer and integer

[Aramil]

I don't understand why it says that because I only use the char variable type