Question

"In real life I am a large, big boned woman with rough, man working hands. In the winter I wear flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day. I can kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man. My fat keeps me hot in zero weather. I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for washing; I can eat pork liver cooked over the open fire minutes after it comes steaming from the hog. One winter I knocked a bull calf straight in the brain between the eyes with a sledge hammer and had the meat hung up to chill before nightfall" (Walker 1). The above quote is a ____ characterization of _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

The above quote is a physical characterization of Mama.

Explanation:

The quote physically describes Mama: her body size, her hands, her clothes, among others. Mama is the narrator of the story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker. She is an African-American woman living in the Deep South. She is protrayed as a very practical and hard-working person mainly by the way she is decribed physically in the story.