4 methods of characterization (lit. elements sect)

Characterization is the way in which the author shows a character's personality
1. physical traits
2. author's/narrator's direct comments
3. speech, thoughts, actions, of character
4. what other characters say or think about him or her

Hw: 2 par=20 pts.
*How is Curley characterized (use all 4 methods above)

*Why do you think the author chooses not to spend much time to characterize Candy and Carlson? How do you picture them? What kind of people do you think they are?

"To a Mouse" --Richard Burns

The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men,
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!

(The best laid plans of mice and men
often go wrong,
and leave us with nothing but grief and pain
instead of promised joy)

......In other words, no matter how good the plans we make are,
they often don't go the way we want them to and we are left being sad and upset
instead of being happy like we thought we would be.

Quiz #2

Edwin Arlington Robinson. 1869–

"Richard Cory"

WHENEVER Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed, 5
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich—yes, richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grace: 10
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, 15
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

Irony---"Incident in a Rose Garden" -- Donald Justice

Gardener
Sir, I encountered Death
Just now among our roses
Thin as a scythe he stood there.

I knew him by his pictures
He had on his black coat
Black gloves, and broad black hat.

I think he would have spoken,
Seeing his mouth stood open.
Big it was, with white teeth.

As soon as he beckoned, I ran.
I ran untill I found you.
Sir, I'm quitting my job.

I want to see my sons
Once more before I die.
I want to see California.

Master
Sir, you must be that stranger
Who threatened my gardener.
This is my property, sir.

I welcome only friends here.

Death
Sir, I knew your father.
And we were friends at the end.

As for your gardener,
I did not threaten him.
Old men mistake my gestures.

I only meant to ask him
To show me to his master.
I take it you are he?

Quiz #1

1. Draw and label the diagram for plot outline: rising action, exposition, resolution, falling action, climax. In which section of the outline do you learn about: setting, characters, mood?
2. What is the climax? What was the climax of "Harrison Bergeron?" "A Sound of Thunder?"
3. Why did Diana Moon Glampers shoot Harrison. Give 2 reasons.
4. What were the 2 sounds of thunder in "A Sound of Thunder?"
5. Give 2 details about the author Ray Bradbury.

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