Pick up the Act II quiz as you walk in On the back number 14 1 Write down a two or three word description of one of the characters in the play based on what you remember from Act I 2 Write down the jurors name ID: 226177
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Bell Ringer
Pick up the Act II quiz as you walk in
On the back, number 1-4
1. Write down a two or three word description of one of the characters in the play based on what you remember from Act I
2. Write down the juror’s name
3. Write down what you think motivates that character (money, power, greed, love, hate
, compassion,
etc.)
4. Article of the Week: Why do you think the Gettysburg address is still important today?
If you are not a reader today, take the quiz on the front as we readSlide2
Characterization
Who is this character anyway?Slide3
Characters and Characterization
A
character
is a person, animal, or thing in a work of literature.
Characterization
is the process of creating a character including: words, actions, thoughts, appearance, other peoples’ thoughts and perceptions about the character.
It is our job to figure out what the character is like.Slide4
Motivation
Motivation
is the reason characters behave in a certain way.
If a character brings his girlfriend flowers, what could be his motivation?Slide5Slide6
12 Angry Men Character Motivation
Why do the jurors in
12 Angry Men
act the way that they do? What is their motivation?
Turn and discussSlide7
Character Description
How do authors tell us about characters?Slide8
Appearance
Appearances
can sometimes
deceive
, but they’re often your first
clue
to a
character
.Slide9
Action
The
writer
could
tell
you, “The boy was happy,” but if you
see
the boy in
action
, you’ll know for yourself.Slide10
Speech
Listen
to a
character
talk, and she will
tell
you what she’s like—
indirectly
.Slide11
Thoughts and Feelings
In some books, you can actually
read
what
people
are
thinking
, and what they
think
shows you who they are.Slide12
Other Characters’ Reactions
What do
other
people
in the
story
think about the
character
? Make sure, like in
real life
, you consider the
source
.Slide13
Janice
Robert Newton Peck created the memorable character of Janice Riker in Soup. Read his character sketch that follows:
Sooner or later I could always work free when Soup rode off to “rustle more cattle” and before he “returned to the hideout.” But there was another kid who lived near us who was the meanest, blood thirstiest redskin that ever held anybody captive. And her name was Janice Riker. She was the biggest and strongest and meanest kid that the world ever knew. She had the body of a hunched back, bowlegged ape and the brain power of a fully ripened bean.
Janice was a twelve-year old giant at the time when most of us were nine or ten. At school, she was a year behind me and two years behind Soup. Miss Kelly was rarely impressed with her sums or her spelling. But as a mistress of torture, Janice was a real prodigy. When Janice Riker tied you to a tree, you knew you were tied for sure. Your hands went purple in ten seconds. Her knots were braided triumphs that took more rope than the loops around your body. And the one thing you’d have to say for Janice, she never forgot to put rope around your neck. Tight.
When the knots were all secure, Janice produced the dirtiest hanky in town, which was used as a blindfold if you were lucky; and if you were unlucky, as a gag. But seeing as Janice was such a perfectionist, she was usually willing to make a minor sacrifice for her torturous art. She’d kick off a shoe and use one of her smelly old stockings. Janice Riker sure had style. Slide14
Questions
Observe:
1. Do you learn more about Janice through her thoughts, words, or deeds?
2. Do you learn anything about her through what others say or by how others react to her?
3. What adjectives are used to describe her appearance?
4. What do you think is Janice’s motivation or acting this way? Why?Slide15
Foils in LiteratureSlide16
Foil
Definition
In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
A
foil usually either differs drastically or is extremely similar but with a key difference setting them apart. Slide17
Examples of Foils
In the Harry Potter series, Draco
Malfoy
can be seen as a foil to the Harry Potter character; Professor
Snape
enables both characters "to experience the essential adventures of self-determination" but they make different choices.
In the popular book series, Harry Potter, the character of Hogwarts principal
Albus
Dumbledore, who portrays ‘good’, is constantly shown to believe in the power of true love (of all forms and types) and is portrayed as a strong, benevolent and positive character while the antagonist Lord
Voldemort
, who depicts the evil and ‘bad’ in the series is constantly shown to mock and disbelieve the sentiment of love and think of it as a foolish indulgence, a trait that is finally his undoing.Slide18
Foils in 12
Angry Men
Who is the foil of the foreman?
Who is the foil of juror eight?
Turn and discuss