![]() Even the blind men’s dogs appeared to know him and when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts and then would wag their tails as though they said, “No eye at all is better than an evil eye, dark master!”īut what did Scrooge care! It was the very thing he liked. Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, “My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me?” No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o’clock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge. ![]() They often “came down” handsomely, and Scrooge never did. The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet, could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect. Foul weather didn’t know where to have him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. He carried his own low temperature always about with him he iced his office in the dog-days and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas.Įxternal heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait made his eyes red, his thin lips blue and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. For example, look how little text Dickens uses to completely introduce us to Scrooge: But don’t be fooled - character sketches do not necessarily need to be long. The more developed the character is the more evidence we will have on hand to back up these traits. In any case, there should be evidence from the writing where the character exhibits these traits either by his actions, words, feelings, or mannerisms. In some cases, they may change with the story line. In a well-developed character these traits are usually very obvious. Character traits (usually adjectives that describe the person).Occupation or hobbies (what he/she enjoys doing).What is a Character Sketch?Ī character sketch is simply a written analysis of a person we know in our own lives, a literary figure, or an imaginary character of our own invention. Working on a character sketch - whether appreciating a character developed by a particular writer or creating a character of your own - will help you develop your own writing skills. In fact, if you recall your favorite books you will likely be reminded of at least one particular character in the story who stands out very vividly. To learn to develop the art of noticing details.Ĭharacter development is often one of the hardest tasks facing a writer. ![]() To understand why a character may change during the course of a story.As a prewriting exercise before writing a work of fiction or a biography.There are several reasons to have students write character sketches:
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