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The Elements of Fiction Part II

The Elements of Fiction Part II. Types of Characterization. Direct Characterization: The author develops the personality of a character by direct statements.

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The Elements of Fiction Part II

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  1. The Elements of FictionPart II

  2. Types of Characterization • Direct Characterization: The author develops the personality of a character by direct statements. • E.g. “Jack had been in basic training in Florida and Jenny was there on vacation with her parents. Jenny was the talker, the outgoing one. Jack was much more the introvert, shying away from conversation with most people.”

  3. Methods of Characterization [cont.] • Indirect Characterization: The author reveals the character’s personality through • the character’s thoughts, words, and actions • the comments of other characters • the character’s physical appearance

  4. Point of View • The perspective from which the story is told • Who is telling the story? (For instance, is it a player on the home team? Is it someone watching the game? • How do we know what is happening (for instance, does the character tell us?)

  5. Omniscient Point of View • The author is telling the story directly. “Myop carried a short, knobby stick. She struck out at random at chickens she liked, and worked out the beat of a song on the fence around the pigpen. She felt light and good in the warm sun. She was ten, and nothing existed for her but her song, the stick clutched in her dark brown hand, and the tat-de-ta-ta-ta of accompaniment.” - “The Flowers,” by Alice Walker

  6. Limited Omniscient Point of View • Third person, told from the viewpoint of a character in the story. “They all laughed, and while they were laughing, the quiet boy moved his bare foot on the sidewalk and merely touched, brushed against a number of red ants that were scurrying about on the sidewalk. Secretly, his eyes shining, while his parents chatted with the old man, he saw the ants hesitate, quiver, and lie still on the cement. He sensed they were cold now.” - “Fever Dream,” by Ray Bradbury

  7. First Person Point of View • Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters, using the first person pronoun “I” “The thousands of injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat.” -“The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allan Poe

  8. THEME • Theme is the central idea or central message of a story. It usually contains some insight into the human condition—telling us something about humans and life. • The theme can be stated directly or implied by the action in the story.

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