Read this passage from "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck

:Her shoulders were straight, her head thrown back, her eyes half-closed, so that the scene came vaguely into them. Her lips moved silently, forming the words "Good-bye good-bye."

Which method of characterization does Steinbeck use to describe Elisa?

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Jazmin Marks

14 March, 00:29

Read this passage from "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck

:Her shoulders were straight, her head thrown back, her eyes half-closed, so that the scene came vaguely into them. Her lips moved silently, forming the words "Good-bye good-bye."

Which method of characterization does Steinbeck use to describe Elisa?

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Kendal Whitney · Answer 1

Steinbeck uses a very common method of characterization, "anthropomorphism", which gives human characteristics to inanimate objects. Which in this case, human characteristics are being given to her body parts.