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In direct characterization the author can make physical descriptions of the character, show personality traits, passions and the activities that this character does. This is because in direct characterization, the narrator mentions the characteristics of a character in a completely direct way.
I think the first quote best supports the theme "the power of language"
1. Did you have a good time?
2. My weekend was cool. It was my birthday on Saturday. I played soccer with my friends.
3. My team lost but we had fun.
4. Then we ate pizza for my birthday party.
5. We watched avatar on television. Have you seen it?
6. I did my homework over the weekend so my teachers weren’t angry today.
Read this excerpt from “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe.
One night, returning home, much intoxicated, from one of my haunts about town, I fancied that the cat avoided my presence. I seized him; when, in his fright at my violence, he inflicted a slight wound upon my hand with his teeth.
How does the author use symbolism in this passage to develop a clear idea
of the narrator's character?
Answer:
From the passage, the symbolism of the black cat symbolises the soul of the narrator which is dark, destroyed and decaying.
The black cat is symbolic because of its meow which draws attention to the wall and also the sickening pleasure the narrator has because he thinks he has gotten away with what he has done.
We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.
