The Good Deed

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The Good Deed by Pearl S. Buck
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• About the Author
• born in West VA
• spent first 40 years in China

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• More about Buck
• won a Pulitzer Prize for The Good Earth
• first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for
  Literature

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LITERATURE TERMS CHARACTERIZATION--the way an
author brings a character to life (There are six
types of characterization)
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SIX TYPES OF CHARACTERIZATION 1.
DIRECT--author describes a characters
personality



2. INDIRECT--author allows the reader to infer
characters personality for himself
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SIX TYPES OF CHARACTERIZATION 3. ROUND
CHARACTER--character who has many sides 4.
FLAT CHARACTER--character with only one side
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SIX TYPES OF CHARACTERIZATION 5. STATIC
CHARACTER--character who does not change
throughout the entire story 6. DYNAMIC
CHARAC-TER--character who changes throughout the
story
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INFERENCE-- conclusion drawn based on facts
provided by the author