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Use the Library to find information about characterization. Read some tips on writing believable characters. Select one character (whom you know or about whom you have read) and write contrasting paragraphs about that character. In the first, try to make the character likeable. In the second, attempt to arouse a hostile reaction toward the character. Finally, in the third paragraph, choose the one you think is more successful and explain why.

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In order to help you understand this characterization assignment, please choose one of your favorite characters from your readings. You want to write contrasting or different paragraphs about that character. You will want one paragraph to show the characters' good traits, while the other paragraph reveals the bad traits.

First, you must make the character likeable. You might want to write a paragraph about Bobo or Lindner from A Raisin in the Sun. You can also choose the male character from Hemingway's "hills like White ...

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