City Of The Beasts-Charcterization 10/13/14

Blog for week of: October 13, 2014

Pages read: 172-204

          I am reading the book city Of The Beasts and it's about a group of people who go on a trip to the Amazon looking for a mythical creature called the Beast. While they are looking for the Beast they run into some indians. This book I am reading includes a lot direct characterization. There are not near as many indirect characterizations as there are indirect characterization but there are a few.

          My  Book, City Of The Beats, has many direct characterization. An example of direct characterization in City Of The Beast is, "Poor Borobá didn't even move; he was stuck to Alex's back like a barnacle, frozen with terror." This quote shows that what Borobá is or paralyzed with fear because of what just happened or what is happening in the story. Another example of direct characterization in City Of The Beast would be, "Pulling on the rope, Alex brought up Nadia, who landed on top of him, stupefied by strain and fear." This quote from the book shows that the character Nadia just went through something that made her scared and is having a hard time calming down.

          Along with many direct characterizations there is also some indirect characterization. An example of indirect characterization would be, "Alex pumped hard, swinging almost blindly, and wrapped his arms and legs about the limp figure." This quote doesn't exactly tell you that Alex was tired or sweating but you can tell from the way the author uses the phrase pumped hard that Alex was working pretty hard.