That October
Characterization – revealing a character’s traits in the story, maybe not directly but by……
Characters:
1. Father
Connections
Lesson – Do not judge others’ appearances.
Think: What is the agreement the father makes for his son? How are his feelings revealed through this action? If you were the narrator, how would you feel about what your father did?
Characterization – revealing a character’s traits in the story, maybe not directly but by……
- how character looks, speaks, dresses
- inner thoughts/feelings
- reveal what others think about this character
- showing you how a character acts
- tells you directly what character’s personality is like
Characters:
1. Father
- When he speaks we know he is worried that his son is in serious trouble
- His feelings are revealed when he defend son’s behavior, he massages his son’s feet every night, he is sad when he speak to Alfredo, and he shows support – thumbs up
- We can tell what his traits are by what he says and does
- Tells us most about him
- Lives in Cuba in 1962
- Communism was the government at this time – Soviet Union had soldiers
- Infected with polio before the vaccine became available.
- Captain of the team
- We know his traits by how he acts/what he says
- “couldn’t afford a weak player”, “saved the team today”
Connections
- Best way to connect to this story – other baseball stories
- Making connections will always help you understand the story in a meaningful way
Lesson – Do not judge others’ appearances.
Think: What is the agreement the father makes for his son? How are his feelings revealed through this action? If you were the narrator, how would you feel about what your father did?