Print this file using the File/Print menu item.Find textual examples for each of the
following ways an author creates a character. A sample is provided for each method. Try to find at least five and hopefully more examples for each method.
Mama's Physical Description:
Example: ". . . a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands . . . "
Mama's Actions:
Example: "I will wait for her in the yard . . . . anyone can come and sit and
look up into the elm tree and wait for the breezes . . .
Mama's Words and Thoughts:
Example: "On TV mother and child embrace and smile into each other's faces . . . the child . .
. tell[s] how she would not have made it without their help."
What Other Character's Say or Think about Mama:
(Because this story is told in first person, you will find little direct
dialogue and no examples of what other characters are thinking. Instead, intuit what you believe Maggie, Dee, and Asalamalakim think about Mama. Base your opinions on textual evidence.)
Example: Dee is aware,
perhaps painfully, that Mama is larger than probably most of the women Dee spends time with –"'Don't get up,' says Dee. Since I am stout . . . "
What the narrator (or author) says about Mama:
(Because this story is told in first person, you will not find examples of what a third person narrator says about Mama. Instead, add any other relevant information that
helps develop Mama's character.)
