Where the Heart Is
Characterization Chart
Novalee, Lexie, Sister Husband, Forney, Willy Jack
What She is Like Specific Example Showing What She Is Like
Come up with 5 categories (you may pick my 5) that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 10 examples for all of them combined (3, 2, 2, 1,2)
Novalee Nation
1. Selfless 1.
2. Caring 1. "send her the $10"
3. non-judgmental 1. doesn't judge Forney or his sister
4. gullible; clueless 1. Gave mom $500; doesn't know that F. likes her5. uneducated 1. can't read well. Wants to better self. Humble
6. Honest 1. Kept track of everything she used in Wal-Mart
7. Superstitious 1. "5 months" Clairvoyant=able to see future
8. Irresponsible 1.
Lexie
1. Friendly/supportive . befriends N.
2. Gullible 1.Doesn't choose men wisely
3. Loving 1.
4. Independent5.
6.
Sister Husband (Thelma)
1. Helpful, motherly 1. Gives Novalee a place to stay; babysits
2. compassionate 1. White lie to get N. to move in
3. Confident/doesn't...appearance 1."A little weight on a woman's no harm"
4. Religious (or is it spiritual?) 1.
5. Funny
4. Religious (or is it spiritual?) 1.
5. Funny
Willy Jack Pickens
1. Disrespectful loser 1. Picks up another girl right after leaving her
2. Selfish 1. Leaves Novalee at Walmart
3. Cocky 1. When he walks into audition he saunters
4.
4.
Forney
1. Honest 1.
2. Shy 1.
3. Heroic 1. Jumped through window to deliver baby
4. Respectful "Let me tell you what you deserve . . . 5. Self-sacrificing Gave up college to save sister
6. Caring
Discuss pages 202, 209
Add 1 quote to Lou Ann characterization chart, and 1 to Taylor for those pages
Characterization--The Bean Trees
Taylor Greer
What She is Like Specific Example Showing What She Is Like
1. Funny 1. "twerp who believed . . . manager . . . Emperor of the Universe"(90)
sarcastic 2. "No I go to Kentucky every year for my license plates."(50)
3. "bedpans . . . like it was the holiest substance on . . . earth"(5)
mocking 4. " wet cat hair" (93) "I have no problem with small people"(93)
smart alec 5."I would have guessed seven or eight [toxins in a hot dog]"(94)
6. "is that your pet or your girlfriend" (30)
2. Confident/outspoken 1. " I asked him.....giving the job to me "( 8)
2.
3. Curious 1. "Dying to know the name of the tire shop' (52)
4. Kind, selfless Good person 1.
5. Smart
Wise 1.
6. Humble 1."please don't go out of your way we've put you out enough already."
Wise 1.
6. Humble 1."please don't go out of your way we've put you out enough already."
LouAnn
Come up with 5 categories (you may pick my 5) that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 10 examples for all of them combined (3, 2, 2, 1,2)
Come up with 5 categories (you may pick my 5) that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 10 examples for all of them combined (3, 2, 2, 1,2)
LouAnn
You may choose your categories
1. Insecure "She thought she looked disgusting" (46)
Lou Ann felt pleased that she was able tell s.t. they didn't know (80)
You may choose your categories
1. Insecure "She thought she looked disgusting" (46)
Lou Ann felt pleased that she was able tell s.t. they didn't know (80)
passive (50)
cautious
scared
gullible
naive "she had been saving pennies to buy washing machine" (45)
(46)
Lou Ann felt pleased that she was able tell s.t. they didn't know (80)
gullible
naive "she had been saving pennies to buy washing machine" (45)
(46)
Lou Ann felt pleased that she was able tell s.t. they didn't know (80)
2. Caring
nice
3. Sensitive
4. Believes in Family, religious "she loved the way he asked for things" (36)
5. Has a big heart "You don't have to do all this for me" (114)
gets attached to things
6. Doesn't want to be a failure [doesn't want to move back with her mom] (80)
7. Independent [doesn't want to move back with her mom] (80)
8. Depressed She cried until . . . (46)
9. Funny
nice
3. Sensitive
4. Believes in Family, religious "she loved the way he asked for things" (36)
5. Has a big heart "You don't have to do all this for me" (114)
gets attached to things
6. Doesn't want to be a failure [doesn't want to move back with her mom] (80)
7. Independent [doesn't want to move back with her mom] (80)
8. Depressed She cried until . . . (46)
9. Funny
Mattie
1. Kind 1. "A bug's just got one life to live, after all. Like us"(53) (Golden rule: do to others as you would have them do to you)
I/Thou (I / you familiar) = Golden rule: do to others as you would have them do to you; I / It View others as objects. Curley, Boss, Curley's wife
The good characters in this book view others as extended family.
Nurturing/motherly 2. "Will she (Turtle) eat peanut butter?"(56)
3. "Mattie was accustomed to kids . . ."(57)
2. Complex
3. Independent/feminist 1. "I had never seen a woman with this kind of know how. It made me feel proud" (59)
4. Strong willed 1.
5. Helpful 1. " [chucks 28 lb. can at Taylor]
Encouraging 1. " (104)
4.Estevan
Come up with 2categories that show what kind of person he is
And a total of 4 examples for all of them combined (3+1))
And a total of 4 examples for all of them combined (3+1))
Esperanza
Come up with 2categories that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 4 examples for all of them combined (3+1))
And a total of 4 examples for all of them combined (3+1))
Where the Heart Is
Characterization Chart
What She is Like Specific Example Showing What She Is Like
Come up with 5 categories (you may pick my 5) that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 10 examples for all of them combined (3, 2, 2, 1,2)
Novalee Nation
1. 1.
2.
2.
3.
Lexie
Sister Husband (Thelma)
Willy Jack Pickens
Forney
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