Question

Write a character sketch for your protagonist in your Module One short story. Include literal, interpretive, and evaluative information. Your character sketch should be 3–5 complete sentences and include at least three specific details from the text to support your character analysis. name of the novel: condensed milk

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

As the name suggests, a character sketch is a type of summary of a character. Character sketches are often used by authors as part of the  pre-writing process. However, in this case, we are analyzing a character that belongs to an existing story. A sketch usually includes physical appearance, personality, actions, and feelings, and so on.

Character sketch for the  short story "Condensed Milk" - each affirmation is followed by evidence.

The narrator is a man, an adult. He is most likely an intellectual who was, somehow, involved with politics: "There was no reason for us politicals to be there..."

The narrator is mentally and psychologically exhausted, as well as physically sick:  "Inside there was only an empty scorched sensation, and we were indifferent to everything, making plans no further than the next day." "I rolled up my pants and showed the breaks in the skin from scurvy."

Even though his main concern is to stay alive, he is still capable of strong emotions and petty revenges. He is smart and determined, enough to escape a trap that would lead to his death: "It was, of course, a weak, worthless act of vengeance just like all my feelings. But what else could I do? Warn the others? I didn’t know them. But they needed a warning."