1. The worst thing about being poor, (according to Junior's opinion), is that his family doesn't have enough money to take his dog, Oscar, to the vet.
"He’s really sick, Mom,” I said. “He’s going to die if we don’t take him to the doctor.”
She looked hard at me. And her eyes weren’t dark anymore, so I knew that she was going to tell me the truth. And trust me, there are times when the last thing you want to hear is the truth. “Junior, sweetheart,” Mom said. “I’m sorry, but we don’t have any money for Oscar.”
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3. Junior got very angry at his Dad, because his Mom and Dad made a decision without him, even though it included HIS beloved pet, Oscar.
"Then Dad came home from wherever and had one of those long talks with Mom, and they decided something without me. And then Dad pulled down his rifle and bullets from the closet."
Eliezer is more than just a traditional protagonist; his direct experience is the entire substance of Night. He tells his story in a highly subjective, first-person, autobiographical voice, and, as a result, we get an intimate, personal account of the Holocaust through direct descriptive language
Characterization is the tool the author uses to reveal the personality of a character, it can be direct or indirect, or through a revealing dialogue. Vivid imagery is when the author uses the senses to describe something or someone.
In the short story “<u><em>A Wedding Gift</em></u>” written by <em>Guy de Maupassant</em>, the protagonist, Jacques gets married to Berthe, but on their wedding night he had to go to the hospital to see his former girlfriend give birth to his child and he brought this baby home to Berthe.
Question: How does Maupassant develop characters in “A Wedding Gift”?
Answer: 2. indirect characterization + 3. revealing dialogue
He was waiting for the bus at the corner
