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Unlike character, characterization can be defined as methods an author uses to create the characters. Two examples an author can use are direct characterization where a character is directly described by the author, and indirect characterization where the character is revealed by their actions, reactions of other characters, thought, and speech. There are a few scenes in the play where the author directly describes a character. One example of major direct characterization comes from scene one in which Stanley is first introduced and described. Tennessee Williams writes, “Branching out from this complete and satisfying center are all the auxiliary channels of his life, such as his heartiness with men, his appreciation of rough humor, his love of good drink and food and games, his car, his radio, everything that is his emblem of the gaudy seed-bearer.” (Williams 84). His description of Stanley gives the reader a picture of how he acts and how he will act throughout the rest of the story. Much of the indirect characterization of the play can also be centered around the heated topic of sensuality. Blanche is an important character whose characterization heavily relies on her actions related to sensuality, and other’s reactions to her actions. “Blanche waltzes to the music with romantic gestures. Mitch is delighted and moves in awkward imitation like a dancing bear.” (Williams 97). This quote shows the relationship between Blanche and Mitch, a potential love interest, after she

Stephanie Ericsson, through personal anecdotes in her essay “The Ways We Lie,” reveals that no matter how big or how small, a lie is a lie. Throughout the essay, she defines the different ways people lie and explains to the reader the significance of the lies they tell. At the same time, she gives examples in which she lies because she believes that “we lie. We all do.” This keeps the readers from thinking she is criticizing everyone, but herself. As she sees it, we need to take in consideration the consequences of the lies we tell before telling the bank “my deposit is in the mail” when it isn’t. Such use of personal anecdotes support the theme and strengthen the essay because they establish pathos which move the audience to realize the impact

For example, in fiction writing, as long as the details are organically placed-- the story will not seem to have a large of amount of non-truths-- at the same time, the smaller truths will continue to tell a bigger story. According to Murray, fiction is called a "liar's profession". The readers are not always equipped with the knowledge of how a writer must construct their work, in that adding influencing details in order to draw a vivid image of certain environments, surroundings, or to capture the emotional state of the writer, character and so on. Murray illuminates this objective to his audience and highlight the writers ability to tell a story, and create a dialog around any piece written, and experiences have to be a part of this dynamic based off of an individuals' past experiences. At the same time, the writer is creating their own legacy, history, and different moments of realization and how to it is done. As an inspiring fiction novelist, I write stories "loosely based" of what I have experienced in certain moments of my life, and the most of it is brought forward through my experiences in the earlier years of my life. In essence, it is important that a person captures their own experiences, because out of every individual experience both bring forth vivid stories and voices to those moments in life left to be

Characterization is the creation or constriction of a character. In, “Mericans”, the grandmother is characterized as being awful and very religious. Cisneros writes, “We’re waiting for the awful grandmother who is inside dropping pesos into la ofrenda box before the altar to La Divina Providencia…Blessing herself and kisser her thumb”. The narrator does not like how religious

Indirect characterization is a literary device in which the author reveals information about the character indirectly through his/her thoughts, words, actions, and/or relationships with others. In The Secret Life of Bees,Sue Monk Kidd uses indirect characterization to reveal information about Lily Owens. Through Lily’s actions, thoughts, and words, the reader sees that she is a loyal friend, a young girl with independent thoughts, and a clever and intelligent person.

Truth is possibly one of the most powerful forces in humanity. Truth has the power to set people free, change lives and end them. Because of this, the truth is usually feared and often concealed. In Susan Griffin’s “Our Secret”, the concealing of the truth become a major theme in the advancement of the plot, and also carries the meaning to the work’s title. The title of “Our Secret” refers to the secrets that the individual characters in the story keep from others reference to the fact that humanity is keeping secrets from itself.

The novel explores how an individual's shift in perception impacts the other person in the relationship. It questions the fundamental idea of how relationships function. Simply because one person conception of the truth has

The use of characterization is a crucial part of the story. The first use of characterization

The tones of these writings help support the writers’ theme of judgment based on the physical appearance of a person that was prominent throughout both stories.

In the opening lines of David Foster Wallace’s short story, “Good Old Neon,” the protagonist and narrator Neal describes himself as follows: “My whole life I’ve been a fraud. I’m not exaggerating. Pretty much all I’ve ever done all the time is try to create a certain impression of me in other people” (141). In saying this, Neal sets up a self-aware yet self-diminishing representation of himself. Seemingly, Neal (who is a ghost in “Good Old Neon”) understands his hamartia, or tragic flaw, as inauthenticity. However, a closer reading of Neal’s choice of structure and language in his narration reveals his possession of a fraudulent and insincere characterization. I argue that Neal is purposefully an unreliable narrator and that the reason Neal is fraudulent is to “come across someone who is [his] match and can’t be fooled;” put another way, Neal is testing the insight, or what he refers to as the ‘firepower,’ of the reader (155, 147). Wallace’s reasoning for constructing a fraudulent narrator, then, is to illustrate that, even in death, Neal is incapable of escaping his need to try to create a certain impression of himself.

Characterization is used not only to amuse readers, but to also display an understanding of human nature, in this case a decline in values. June Star is described as critical with a nasty motormouth. She is rude to everyone surrounding her although adults seem to find her charming; “’Ain’t she cute?’ Red Sam’s wife said leaning over the counter. ‘Would you like to come be my little girl?’ ‘No I certainly wouldn’t,’ June Star said. ‘I wouldn’t live in a broken-down place like this for a million bucks!’ and she ran back to the table. ‘Ain’t she cute?’ the woman repeated, stretching her mouth politely. ‘Aren’t you ashamed?’ hissed the grandmother” (O’Connor 121). In life, there are a multitude of ways to reply to various comments and she could have courteously declined. Her response allows her to be represented with an absence of

The author Shirley Jackson that wrote “Charles” uses characterization to both foreshadow and trick the readers about the ending. In the beginning of the passage, the boy Laurie is thought of as a “sweet-[voice] nursery-school tot” by his mother(258). Since Laurie is such a sweet pleasant boy, the reading audience believes he could not be Charles. Jackson trickers readers into believing that a delightful child Laurie could not be a unpleasant boy that Charles is. Laurie molding into a new personality throughout indicates foreshadowing. When Laurie returns home from school, he misbehaves, “[speaking] insolently to his father, [spilling] his baby sister’s milk”(259). Laurie does not act as described, making the reader question if he is a kind

Moreover, the fake identity and lifestyle that the wealthy portray capture the reaction to knowing the truth and using it to dismiss it; this is necessary for the process of the characters to come to terms with accepting the truth and as a result having a new beginning captured by windows. Likewise,

In Shirley Jackson’s, “Charles”, the use of characterization and foreshadowing tricks the audience about the ending. Jackson describes Charles as a very rebellious child who is disrespectful and has a bad attitude while Charles is actually Laurie. When Laurie was first going to school, his mother described him as, “...a long-trousered, swaggering character who forgot to stop at the corner and wave goodbye to me”(258). The actions of Laurie on his way to school foreshadow that Laurie and Charles are the same person because Laurie and Charles have the same attitudes and fulfill the same actions. This tricks the audience when Laurie’s parents think that Charles is another boy in Laurie’s class, yet he is not. Also, when Laurie would come

Characterization is a literary element used by the author to present qualities of characters in a literary piece, the purpose of characterization is to make characters credible and make them suitable for the role they play in the work. Authors present various characters possessing dissimilar qualities, to emphasize different aspects of the work. In the novel “The Scarlet Letter”, the author Nathaneil Hawthorn’s depiction of the two male characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, emphasizes the moral problems of the seventeenth century puritan society. Hence, their different characters contribute vitally to the plot of the novel.