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I HAVE TO DISCUSS THE DICTION IN THE NOVELA TORTILLA FLAT (A WHOLE PARAGRAPH AND I NEED HELP !!!!I ALSO HAVE TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH ON A 3 LITERARY DEVICES USED IN THE NOVELA /NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES AND I HAVE TO EXPLAIN.TORTILLA FLAT

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla_Flat


HERE"S what it means , and how to do it -- CHARACTERIZATION --- “Characterization” is the way in which an author creates and develops characters in fiction. The Oxford English Dictionary relates that the earliest definition of characterization from the sixteenth century referred to “the marking out of the precise form of anything.” In the nineteenth century, however, this term was applied specifically to literature and thus came to refer to the “creation of fictitious characters.”In literary works, characterization serves both to create a sense of realism in the narrative and to establish the themes of a work. Elements of characterization may include concrete and factual information such as age, appearance, familial circumstance, or interests. Characterization may also include more abstract information such as motivations and desires. Characterization may occur directly when “the author literally tells the audience what a character is like,” or indirectly when “the audience must deduce for themselves what the character is like through the character’s thoughts, actions, speech, looks and interaction with other characters.” Often, an author may create tension between direct and indirect characterization, which subsequently creates more complex characters and themes in a work.In Samuel Richardson’s Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded, the characterization of Pamela occurs both "directly" and "indirectly". Throughout the novel, characters often literally describe the virtuous nature of Pamela, as when Mr. Longman asserts that “You are too pretty, my sweet mistress, and it may be, too virtuous .” However, this virtuous nature is often contradicted by Pamela’s actions, such as being taken by others’ flattery of her, conveyed in the epistolary form of the novel. The tension thus created by direct and indirect characterization both complicates and enriches Richardson’s novel.