OMAM- Indirect Characterization

Steinbeck tells us about his characters in the following ways:

A. He describes their appearances.

B. He shows their actions.

C. He quotes their explanations of their own actions.

D. He quotes their expressions of how they believe and feel.

E. He gives clues from what others say to or about a character

Directions: For each selection from the novel below, use the list in the box above

to identify the method Steinbeck uses to give information about the character(s). Then tell what you learn

about the character(s) from the selection. An example has been done for you

Example: They [George and Lennie] had walked in single file down the path, and even in the open one

stayed behind the other.

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 1: [Lennie] drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse.

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 2: The first man was small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features.

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 3: "Lennie," he said hopelessly. "You'd drink out of a gutter if you was thirsty."

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 4: Lennie...imitated George exactly. He pushed himself back, drew up his knees, embraced them,

looked over to George to see whether he had it just right.

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 5: "I forgot," Lennie said softly. "I tried not to forget. Honest to God I did, George."

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 6: His anger left him suddenly. He looked across the fire at Lennie's anguished face, and then he

looked ashamedly at the flames.

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________

Selection 7: Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with

wide sloping shoulders...

Method: ____What you learn_______________________________________________________________