YOU'RE SUCH A CHARACTER!
Have you heard that expression before? Its usually said by someone who has discovered an extra dimension to your personality that they hadn't seen before. Perhaps they noticed you behave just like you speak, or maybe they noticed something about the way you think or feel that challenged their assumptions. What do you think?
Last week we read about a teenager named Roger who got caught up with Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. Even though Mrs. Jones did all the talking, the reader could tell a lot about the kind of person Roger is by the way he behaves, looks, and what he says.
Have you heard that expression before? Its usually said by someone who has discovered an extra dimension to your personality that they hadn't seen before. Perhaps they noticed you behave just like you speak, or maybe they noticed something about the way you think or feel that challenged their assumptions. What do you think?
Last week we read about a teenager named Roger who got caught up with Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. Even though Mrs. Jones did all the talking, the reader could tell a lot about the kind of person Roger is by the way he behaves, looks, and what he says.
Who do you think is a rounder character: Mrs. Jones or Roger? Did the author -- Langston Hughes -- suggest that Roger's personality is a bit more complex than Mrs. Jones in this episode?
