Emma Kelly

 DIRECT:  The narrator straight up TELLS the audience who the character is  There isn’t much room for debate when it comes to evidence given by the narrator  EXAMPLE: The patient girl sat in the emergency waiting room for five hours.  INDIRECT:  The narrator slyly SHOWS the audience who the character is  Indirect characterization complicates the text  There are important details to pay attention to when reading to figure out indirect characterization

 THOUGHTS: What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings?  ACTIONS: What does the character do? How does the character behave?  LOOKS: What does the character look like? How does the character dress?  EFFECT ON OTHERS: What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character?  SPEECH: What does the character say? How does the character speak?

NOW FOR MANGO STREET:  We will now dive into the text to uncover the different minor characters through indirect characterization.  CHARACTERS:  ELENITA (“Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water” p. 62)  RUTHIE (“Edna’s Ruthie” p. 67)  MAMACITA (“No Speak English” p. 76)  SALLY (“Sally” p. 81)  Use the text to discover MORE about each character.  Question to consider: Why THESE characters? Why are they important to Esperanza?