Barnett vividly describes the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a shop/tutoring center he ran in Los Angeles. Explain how this store served as a kind of living example of a setting. Why do you think the nature of this store has a positive impact on the writing that occurred in the non-profit section behind it?

What is indirect characterization? 1 when the author shows a character’s traits through words and actions 2 when a character expresses her true nature by acting in an opposite manner 3 when the narrator tells what a character is like with an explicit description 4 when a narrator is also a character in a story who provides internal thoughts