Characterization is shown through indirect and direct stories.
Indirect is when the author does not go straight out and tell the
reader characteristics, but direct is a five letter acronym known
as S.T.E.A.L. These individual letters stand for say, think,
effect, actions, and look. Say stands for what the
charactersays
throughout the story, think is what the character imagines or says
in his or her mind that only the reader and the narrator know,
effect stands for what effect the characters' actions play with
others within the story, actions stands for what the character
physically does within the story, and look is what the characters
physical features are and how they develop characterization. Sandra
Cisneros develops great characterization throughout both
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Immediately,
the characterization traits that are expected to arise include
looks, actions, and the effect on others. There is no dialogue in
this story and it takes place in third person which is why say and
think would be hard to come by. Cisneros uses characterization in
Salvador Late or Early through the physical looks of Salvador
mostly. The reason why she does this is to develop great imagery in
the readers mind of what characteristics he contains. In the
story, she mentions,
Salvador of the crooked hair and crooked
teeth (Salvador Late or Early 1). This is shown to portray that
Salvador is poor because he cant afford to get a haircut or maybe
braces for his crooked teeth. Another example, in the story was
when Cisneros mentioned, Salvador inside that wrinkled shirt,
inside the throat that must clear itself and apologize every time
it speaks, inside that forty-five pound body of boy with its
geography of scars (Salvador Late or Early 1). This obviously
shows that Salvador is going through a hard time as we can see
through the wrinkled shirt and the scars. This is a
way
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