Winter Dreams
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Characterization
Characterization-the relation of a characters’
personalities.
Types
Direct Characterization- the writer tells the
reader what the character is like.
Indirect Characterization- character’s traits are
revealed through their thoughts, actions, and
words, and by what other characters say to or
about them.
Examples of Characterizations
Direct Characterization Examples• The grumpy girl doesn’t like her calm mom.
• The rude boy is sitting by the nice teacher.
Indirect Characterization Examples• The man is in jail for many horrible crimes.
• The boy got caught after stealing money from
his mom’s purse three times.
Character’s Motivations
Character’s Motivations- their reasons for acting
as they do-may come from internal sources,
such as feelings of loneliness, or external
sources, such as danger.
Examples of Character’s Motivations
Character’s Motivation Examples• The kids were daring the small kid to jump off
the bridge. The boy did and as a result he got
hurt.
• The mom was yelling at the girl to get her
grades up the next test the girl toke she got an
“A”.