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JBHM 40: Characterization and Tone

JBHM 40: Characterization and Tone. Ms. Logan World Lit. Characterization from Night. What does Elie look like? What do we learn about his personality? What do other characters think about Elie ? How do you know?. Why does diction matter?. Affects tone

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JBHM 40: Characterization and Tone

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  1. JBHM 40:Characterization and Tone Ms. Logan World Lit

  2. Characterization from Night • What does Elie look like? • What do we learn about his personality? • What do other characters think about Elie? How do you know?

  3. Why does diction matter? • Affects tone • Author’s attitude towards the character • Affects mood • The atmosphere around the character • Affects characterization • Allows reader to perceive author’s feelings for that character

  4. Direct characterization The first man was small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose. Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws. His armsdidnot swing at his sides, but hung loosely

  5. Indirect characterization What the character says: You never oughta drink water when it ain’t running, Lennie,” he said hopelessly. “You’d drink out of a gutter if you was thirsty.” What the character does: His huge companion dropped his blankets and flung himself down and drank from the surface of the green pool; drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse. … George knelt beside the pool and drank from his hand with quick scoops. How the character relates to others: Lennie, who had been watching, imitated George exactly. He pushed himself back, drew up his knees, embraced them, and looked over to George to see whether he had it just right. He pulled his hat down a little more over his eyes, the way George’s hat was.

  6. Determining Tone 1) Read the passage carefully and try to identify the subject, character, or situation that is the focus of the passage. 2) Look at the author’s choice of words and details and determine whether they have positive or negative connotations. 3) Determine the author’s tone or attitude toward the subject, character, or situation based on the connotation of the author’s choice of words and details.

  7. Questions to Think About • What point of view? • How do you know? • Compare and contrast Lennie and George • Specific words? • How does the author feel about Lennie? • What is your proof?

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