Lion King Character Analysis Essay
1. Connect to Lit – misunderstanding, disagreement, difference
2. Background – symbol, transportation, character
3. Direct Characterization –Directly telling you about the character’s personality. When people ventured timidly into his office, it took only a few words from him to them relax, and even laugh.
4. Indirect Characterization –Revealing personality traits through character’s thoughts, words, actions, as well as through the characters’ comments. Notice details in the story- thoughts, actions, reactions, as well direct statements- that bringing the characters to life.
5. Static Character –Stays essentially the same throughout the story. Example is Scar because he second type of character in the Lion King Movie.
6. Dynamic …show more content…
What do you think is the real reason he wants to see her?
In “A Visit to Grandmother” by William Melvin Kelley, it is easy to recognize that Charles’s mother has a big heart for everyone. Chig is surprised at how his father behaves with his mother and all of the other relatives. Everyone seems so happy to see him and his father. However, Charles grimaces when his mother tries to hug and kiss …show more content…
What reasons does Charles give for leaving home to go to Knoxville?
Charles left home when he was fifteen. Through his own resources, he became a lawyer. His son Chig thought of his father as a kind, gentle man. When Chig accompanies his father on a visit to his home, Chig discovers a change in his father’s behavior as he steps into his mother’s house.
5. What other reasons do you think he might have had?
Charles’s mother believed that if she did not let GL do things without getting punishments as severe as Charles, that GL would rebel and start breaking the law. She always kept a looser leash on GL for that reason.
6. Do you agree with the way Mama raised her children? Why or why not? Explain.
His mother tells the story of going to town with GL who was driving a horse-drawn carriage. The horse went out of control and the mother had to grab the reign and slow the horse down. When she tells the group that she had to save her baby, Charles is incensed.
7. For each character below, share one thing you learned about them through direct characterization and one thing you learned through indirect characterization,
USING DIRECT QUOTES FROM THE
2. Background – symbol, transportation, character
3. Direct Characterization –Directly telling you about the character’s personality. When people ventured timidly into his office, it took only a few words from him to them relax, and even laugh.
4. Indirect Characterization –Revealing personality traits through character’s thoughts, words, actions, as well as through the characters’ comments. Notice details in the story- thoughts, actions, reactions, as well direct statements- that bringing the characters to life.
5. Static Character –Stays essentially the same throughout the story. Example is Scar because he second type of character in the Lion King Movie.
6. Dynamic …show more content…
What do you think is the real reason he wants to see her?
In “A Visit to Grandmother” by William Melvin Kelley, it is easy to recognize that Charles’s mother has a big heart for everyone. Chig is surprised at how his father behaves with his mother and all of the other relatives. Everyone seems so happy to see him and his father. However, Charles grimaces when his mother tries to hug and kiss …show more content…
What reasons does Charles give for leaving home to go to Knoxville?
Charles left home when he was fifteen. Through his own resources, he became a lawyer. His son Chig thought of his father as a kind, gentle man. When Chig accompanies his father on a visit to his home, Chig discovers a change in his father’s behavior as he steps into his mother’s house.
5. What other reasons do you think he might have had?
Charles’s mother believed that if she did not let GL do things without getting punishments as severe as Charles, that GL would rebel and start breaking the law. She always kept a looser leash on GL for that reason.
6. Do you agree with the way Mama raised her children? Why or why not? Explain.
His mother tells the story of going to town with GL who was driving a horse-drawn carriage. The horse went out of control and the mother had to grab the reign and slow the horse down. When she tells the group that she had to save her baby, Charles is incensed.
7. For each character below, share one thing you learned about them through direct characterization and one thing you learned through indirect characterization,
USING DIRECT QUOTES FROM THE