<span>One of the most oppressive physical elements about Esperanza's situation that she reacts to is actually the poverty that she and her family faces, and the way that this traps them in their house which Esperanza feels so ashamed of and also gives Esperanza such an intense desire to improve herself and study so that she can escape and buy her own house.</span>
I believe these parts provide direct characterization: "<span>Endowed with commonsense, as massive and hard as blocks of granite, fastened together by stern rigidity of purpose, as with iron clamps, he followed out his original design, probably without so much as imagining an objection to it."
The writer clearly and directly describes the character's personal features, as well as his internal motivation for an action. It is opposed to indirect characterization, where we can grasp the character's traits or motivation through his/her actions or speech.</span>
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you and I both enjoy ballet , aren't we?
I think the best answer is 'it creates a mood of despair and surrender', but it could possibly be 'it suggests what the characters should be feeling'.
Glove...keyboard,...a snowflake or a chicken (chicken becuase chicks fly VEEEEEEEEEEEEERY briefly to study surroundings, they lie when alive when they lay eggs, and they run around even after their head gets chopped off.)....keyboard (space bar, enter key, etc)....an alarm(??????)....
OMG THIS WAS SO HARD!!!!! Do I still get credit even if not all correct?
