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How is characterization presented in the story?
Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization. Direct Characterization tells the audience what the personality of the character is.
Why do stories need characters?
Characters serve as the driving force in your story. Your characters create and push your plot forward. Readers can experience the world that you’ve created through your characters, both from the way that your characters interact with their environment and the way that your characters view their environment.
Why do you think the Washwoman gives so much?
Why do you think that the washwoman gives so much and asks so little in return? It is her religion, she believes in doing a good job, and it is her purpose. How does the author’s mother feel about the washwoman? She is a good find.
What is the Washwoman about?
Synopsis: In “The Washwoman,” Singer recalls the woman who did his family’s laundry when he was a child in Poland. Singer never forgets her courage and endurance. She was a woman of integrity and self respect who walked for miles to pick up and deliver laundry in order to earn money for her family.
How is characterization presented in the story of Washwoman?
F What character looks like – The character is described at first as an old woman (about 80 years old at the time she “disappeared”) , “small and thin as she was, possessed a strength that came from generations of peasant forebears.” Later on in the story, the washwoman is described as a corpse with a linen-white face …
What does the narrator most admire about the Washwoman?
What does the narrator most admire about the washwoman? What clues helped you to predict that the washwoman would come back with the laundry? She is honest and dependable. Choose the quotation that explains what keeps the washwoman from dying when she is ill.