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Characters play a big role in showing the reader the ideas the writer intended to show. Throughout the week Melissa and I learned about Characterization and how every character even the minor characters are important. I then used these ideas to think about my piece of literature book A Prayer For Owen Meanie by John Irving. I notice how much work is put into the round characters such as Owen Meany, or Johnny Wheelwright. The writer brings many different emotions and descriptions in order to bring the characters to life. By the end of the story I felt as if the whole thing had actually happened. While some characters are more present to the story than others, for some characters just their existence in the story makes a difference. Like the angel of death, or reverend Merrill Lewis they are influential to the story. The angel of death solidifies Owen's faith when appearing at the head of Johnny's mom's bed. While reverend Merrill Lewis mostly shows up at significant ceremonies, weddings, funerals, or Christmas gatherings. This week opened my eyes to a new element of literature that I tend to over look when I would read in the past. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/Characterization.pdf
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Josephine
11/1/2016 06:03:51 am
Hi Lindsay,
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