Direct and Indirect Characterization in Old Man and the Sea

“Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.”

• Direct

• Indirect

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty…”

• direct

• indirect

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream…”

• direct

• indirect

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

...and many of the fisherman made fun of the old man…”

• direct

• indirect

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“...the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky…”

• direct

• indirect

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“No,’ the old man said. ‘You’re with a lucky boat. Stay with them.”

• direct

• indirect

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"The old man looked at him with his sunburned confident loving eyes."

• direct

• indirect

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which type of indirect characterization is represented in the quote below?

“I’ll give him the belly meat of a big fish,’ the old man said. ‘Has he done this for us more than once?”

• thoughts

• actions

• speech

• affect on other characters

• looks

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck."

• direct

• indirect

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"They were strange shoulders, still powerful although very old."

• direct

• indirect

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3