I_ACTION.txt Driver File Contents (ASManager2_6.zip)

Name: <  >
Class: <  >
Date: <  >

Creating Character
Through Action

In these activities you are learning about and practicing the use of six basic strategies for developing a character. They are:

1) Description
2) Dialogue
3) Action
4) Reactions of other characters
5) Setting
6) Narrative

This activity will focus on developing a character through Action.

Describing people's actions allows you to show the character in situations which reveal their inner character. How they react to different situations, what they are thinking about, and what they are doing all reveal character.

This passage is from Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham, published by Doubleday.

Philip opened a large cupboard filled with dresses and stepping in, took as many of them as he could in his arms and buried his face in them. They smelt of the scent his mother used. Then he pulled open the drawers, filled with his mother's things, and looked at them: there were lavender bags among the linen, and their scent was fresh and pleasant. The strangeness of the room left it, and it seemed to him that his mother had just gone out for a walk. She would be in presently and would come upstairs to have nursery tea with him. And he seemed to feel her kiss on his lips.

1)  How would you describe Philip's inner self during this scene?

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2)  Copy any two phrases which describe actions which reveal Philip's feelings. Put those phrases at the angle brackets.

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3)  Copy one phrase in which the author uses Philip's thoughts to depict his feelings. Put that phrase at the angle brackets.

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4)  Delete all except the set of words which you feel best describes Philip's character:

a) pitying, sympathetic
b) bewildered, uncertain
c) clever, vain
d) sad, lonely, despondent


Name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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This passage is from The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway:

Then he began to pity the great fish that he had hooked. He is wonderful and strange and who knows how old he is, he thought. Never have I had such a strong fish nor one who acted so strangely. Perhaps he is too wise to jump. He could ruin me by jumping or by a wild rush. But perhaps he has been hooked many times before and he knows that this is how he should make his fight. He cannot know that it is only one man against him, nor that it is an old man. But what a great fish he is and what he will bring in the market if his flesh is good. He took the bait like a male and he pulls like a male and his fight has no panic in it. I wonder if he has any plans or if he is just as desperate as I am?

1)  How would you describe the old man's inner self during this scene?

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2)  Copy any two phrases which describe thoughts which reveal the old man's character. Put those phrases in the space below.

<  >

3)  Copy one phrase that shows best the old man's attitude toward the fish he has hooked.

<  >

4)  Delete all except the set of words which you feel best describes the old man's character:

a) proud, respectful, curious
b) anxious, defeated by life, despondent
c) detached, angry

Choose either Philip or the old man and write one paragraph describing an action involving this character. Your objective is to describe an action that fits the character as you understand it from the excerpts you have read. Remember the following things as you begin to write:

1)  Keep the action simple and easily described. Your focus is on revealing character, not on informing the reader about the action.

2)  Scroll up and reread the passage until you are certain you have a feeling for the character. The action you choose should probably be quite similar to the action in the excerpt.

The character I have chosen is: <  >

Begin your Action paragraph below:

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If you haven't done so already, name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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end of activity
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