Have you ever wondered how authors develop characters? Authors use directs characterization, indirect characterization, and motivation to create characters. Saki uses these ways to describe Mr.Nuttel and Vera in “The Open Window.”
In general, Saki uses direct characterization to explain what Vera’s personality is like. In “The Open Window”, Vera is fifteen years old. She is self-possessed and she is Mrs. Sappleton’s niece. The author tells readers directly that Vera has these traits. For example, the words on page 90, “said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen,” say directly that Vera is self-possessed and fifteen years old. On page 91, the lines, “‘Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?’ pursued the self-possessed
In general, Saki uses direct characterization to explain what Vera’s personality is like. In “The Open Window”, Vera is fifteen years old. She is self-possessed and she is Mrs. Sappleton’s niece. The author tells readers directly that Vera has these traits. For example, the words on page 90, “said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen,” say directly that Vera is self-possessed and fifteen years old. On page 91, the lines, “‘Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?’ pursued the self-possessed