G.+THREE+Redesign

**THREE R **** EDESIGN ** = = =Indirect characterization: Not since an author wrote about the "big, bad" wolf, and the "wicked" stepsisters or witches (all in //children's stories//)... = =do we ever actually learn about characters that directly. In fact, to understand a young adult or adult novel it's crucial that you understand how //indirect// characterization works--so that you, the active reader, can--through characters' "thoughts, words, and deeds"-- figure out what those characteristics are really like; you will have to infer, generalize, be very aware of the key details the author gives you to lead you to or hint at the character's motivations, traits, and personality. =

===THOUGHTS are: what the character thinks, of course, and what the character values most, or not at all; they may even be what others in the work think of him/her-- though these "thoughts of others" are not as frequently reliable. ===

===WORDS are: what the character says in response to various situations and people. Most often these are handled through direct quotation marks, so be very aware when the character you are interested in (or all the characters) speak (s), and how you evaluate that meaning in response to what would consider being important story elements in any work of fiction. ===

**DEEDS are: simply what the character does; they are so clearly how a charcter acts and reacts in response to any situation he/ she might be in. For example, the deeds of a kind and trusting person will be far different than those of a person who is, perhaps, paranoid-- or has some although less serious characteristics of this mental illness, for example: say one who is suspicious (maybe because s/he has something to hide?)... **

Indirect Characterization: based on a character's: Thought, Word, and Deed!
==TRY THESE FIRST.... THINK AND CREATE: Fill in the thought bubbles, the speech ovals, and the deed textboxs for these two "characters" pictured... After that, we'll do just the opposite: == ==LATER: Look for the thoughts, words, and deeds in our first chapter ( you pick the character and use actual examples in the bubbles, ovals, and boxes), and then think of how your character might be decribed--usually through apt and precise adjectives. These combinations of character traits lead you to an understanding through "indirect characterization." ==

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