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Direct And Indirect Characterization In Dragon, Dragon By John Gardner

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The author, John Gardner gives direct and indirect characterization about the character, the dragon in the book, “Dragon, Dragon.” This book has lots of direct and indirect characterization examples but here are just a few examples. Robert reveals to the reader that the dragon was clever because he climbed to the top of the cave to kill the middle son. One example of indirect characterization that Robert didn’t tell the reader was that the dragon must have been frightening because, John Gardner explains how the maidens were scared and frightened of him. The author didn’t tell us about how the dragon was probably mischievous because, how would the dragon not get caught in a city of knights that are trained to fight. This tells the reader that
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