Name:

Model

Section:
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AuthorsCraftWorksheet

NameofCharacter:
Papa
NameofBook:
PapaWhoWakesUpTiredintheDarkbySandraCisneros

LinesFromTheText(With
Page)

Technique
Used

WhatTheseLinesRevealAbouttheCharacter

Your
abuelito
isdead
, dialogue
Papasaysearlyone
morninginmyroom.
Estamuerto
(p.1).

Papaissharingthedeathofhisown
fatherwithhischild--heismostlikely
sad

...crumpleslikeacoat simile
andcries(p.1).

Papaisverydistressed--hecannothold
himselfup,heslouchesintohimselfand
cries.Heissorrowful,missinghisfather

...crumpleslikeacoat repetition Cisnerosrepeatscriesandcryto

andcries,mybrave
demonstratethatPapaissad,butalso,
Papacries.Ihavenever
thiscryingisnotcommonforPapa,so
seenmyPapacry(p.
theselinesrevealthatPapamustbe
1).
trulydevastatedbythedeathofhis
fathertobreakdownandcryinfrontof
hisownchild.
MyPapa,histhick
imagery
handsandthickshoes,
whowakesuptiredin
thedark,whocombs
hishairwithwater,
todayissittingonmy
bed(p.1).

IholdmyPapainmy
arms.Iholdandhold
andholdhim(p.1).

Papaissittingonhischildsbed,butthis
pieceofimagerydescribeshowheis
suchabigandpowerfulperson,usually
wakingupandgettingreadyfortheday.
Thefactthatthisbig,powerfulmanis
nowsittingonhischildsbedand
readerscanpicturehimrevealthatpapa
issosadandmaybefeelinglostand
aloneaboutthedeathofhisownfather.

repetition Therepetitionofholdmeansthatthe
narrator,thechild,iscomfortingPapa.
Theselinesrevealhowtrulyinneedof
compassionandlovePapamustbeafter
learningthesadnewsofhisownfathers
death.

Intheboxbelow,explainhowtheauthor,overall,usesliterarytechniquestodevelopthecharacteryou
selected.Youmayrefertospecificpartsofthetextanduseevidencefromthetextaswell.

InPapaWhoWakesUpTiredintheDarkbySandraCisneros,Cisnerosuses
severalliterarytechniquestodevelopthecharacterPapa.Forinstance,
sheuses
asimiletoexpresshowdistressedPapaisoverhisownfathersdeath,

writing
thatPapacrumpleslikeacoatandcries(p.1).

Readerscanpicturethisman,
withthickhandsandthickshoes(p.1)fallingoverontohischildsbed
and
thisdescriptionhelpsthemunderstandthatPapa,abigandpowerfulperson,is
overwhelmedwithgriefandsadness.

Cisnerosalsousesrepetitiontodevelop
Papaasagrievinganddistressedcharacter.

Thenarratordescribeshowpapa
cries,sayingthatPapafallsoverandcries,mybravepapacries.Ihavenever
seenmyPapacry(p.1).

Papasrarecryingdefinitelysignalstoreadersthathe
isdistressedandextremelysadathisownfathersdeath.

Thestoryendswith
thenarratoragainrepeatingaphrase.
Shesays,IholdmyPapainmyarms.I
holdandholdandholdhim(p.1).
Cisneroshasthenarratorrepeatholdto
emphasizehowthechildistheoneofferingtheparentsupport.Readerscan
understandthatPapamustbedistressed,becauseusuallyparentsaretheones
comfortingchildren.
Overall,Cisnerossvividuseofliterarytechniqueshelps
readersunderstandthegriefofastrongandbravefatherthroughthe
perspectiveofhischild.