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 ove
ralls 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. This description of Mama is an example of which type of characterization?
a. indirect based on the character’s thoughts
b. direct based on the narrator’s description
c. indirect based on the character’s actions
d. indirect based on other character’s reactions
In The Outsiders, sunrise and sunset are symbols of unity and connection. For example, when Ponyboy connects with Cherry at the movies on the topic of sunsets, he begins to realize that all humans are linked through the natural world.
