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How Does Haddon's Use Of Direct Characterisation

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Correspondingly, Haddon’s profound use of direct and indirect characterisation confines the portrayal of characters to the readers without explicitly stating details. Haddon manipulation of characterisation further allows the audience to form their own perspectives of the characters. For instances, ‘Siobhan understands. When she tells me to not to do something she tells me exactly what it is that I am not allowed to do’ Haddon’s indirect utilisation of characterisation allows the reader to both hypothesis that Siobhan could possibly be social worker and that Christopher’s father doesn’t understand how to tell him ‘no’. Correspondingly, Haddon use of indirect and direct characterisation further accentuates Christopher’s character with Autism

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