Characterization

1. An example of indirect characterization is the quote, “There is no God and we are his prophets.” I interpreted this quote as McCarthy indirectly stating that this character has lost all hope in life as well as in our creator. Another quote is, “If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.” After reading this quote I feel as if this character has become bitter because he has learned to expect the worst out of life. I feel that the author used both of these approaches because he wanted to offer a variation of characterization to his audience. As a result of these approaches, I got to know the characters on an intimate level. I began to understand them on a religious and personal level. 2. Neither the syntax nor diction of the author changed when he focused on characters. I say this because no matter what the situation, McCarthy still didn't use proper punctuation. The quote in answer number four is an example of improper punctuation because McCarthy doesn't include quotation marks at all in this novel. 3. The little boy in this novel is a dynamic as well as a round character. Throughout the novel as well as soon after his fathers' death, the boy promised he would never leave his fathers' side. After much mourning and grief, the boy decided it was time to leave. The boy left his father with a new family that adopted him. 4. After reading this book I feel as if I met real people. The quotes, “What would you do if I died? If you died I would want to die too. So you could be with me? Yes. So I could be with you. Okay", show that the characters have genuine feelings that they choose to express. They love one another and don't show eachother by saying it, but by describing the things that they'd do for eachother.