Analyze Craft and Structure: Characterization Papa’s Behavior and the Reader’s Inference: For each situation, write down papa’s behavior, then write how the reader might draw an inference based on his behavior. For example, if I was yelling at students, throwing pens across the room, and glaring at everyone, what might you infer about me in that moment?

Situation 1 – Return to Manzanar (paragraphs 1-10)

Papa’s Behavior –

Inference –

Situation 2 – Meeting at the mess hall (paragraphs 29-35)

Papa’s Behavior –

Inference –

Situation 3 – Papa singing songs (paragraphs 36-40)

Papa’s Behavior –

Inference –

Your Turn – Choose someone in your life that you know personally. Write a two-paragraph characterization using both direct and indirect characterizations.

Author’s Style: Author’s Point of View and Shifting Perspectives

For each passage, write your comments/response on the narrative perspective or shift.

Passage 1 (paragraphs 9-10) –

Passage 2 (paragraphs 28-29) –

Passage 3 (paragraphs 39-40) –

Your Turn: Write a short narrative account (2-3 paragraphs) of a situation from your childhood. Use first-person point of view to tell your story, but shift perspectives to highlight the differences between how you experienced the situation as a child and how you understand it now.