Vocabulary for Final Exam: Norman Shur's 1000 Most Important Words
Quizlet cards for 50 most important words from the book The 1000 Important Words
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Discuss characterization
Taylor (Missy)
What She's Like                                      Evidence--What she says, does, others say
1.  Stands up for herself                          1. "You think being busted is a joke?" (21)
2.                                                               2. "There was enough of destiny in it to satisfy me (16)
3. insecure; didn't believe in self            3. "I had expected more of a fight . . . " (7)
4. Wants to make some thing of self      4. "If I had wanted a baby, I would have stayed . . . (24)
5. Humble                                                 5. "He didn't treat me like teacher's pet . . ." (8)
6. She doesn't like abusive males          6. ". . . didn't have daddy, that I was lucky that way (12)
7.                                                               7. " I asked him how come he was giving me the job..."(8)
8. nonconformist         8. "...if I couldn't dress elegant I'd dress memorable." (6)
9.                                                               9."Which is not to say that we, me and Mama, were any        better than Harbines or had a dime to our name."(2)
10. "I'd probably seen the worst I was going to see so there was no reason to quit now." (13)
11. Wants to be free, to have vision       11. "In Kentucky, you could never see too far, since there were always mountains blooking the other side of your view." (17.)
12. Mrs. Hoge hinted in every imaginable way that she was retarded, but I mantained that she had her own ways of doing things and wasn't inclined to be pushed." (49)


Lou Ann
What She's Like                                      Evidence--What she says, does, others say
1. humble                                                  1. '... but thought of herself as just an ordinary Kentuckian...' (33)
2. Used to being objectified by men        2. "To be able to relax this way on a crowded bus was a     new experience for her..." (40)
3.  She focuses on the inside of a 
person and not appearances                    3."Lou Ann could never see why the accident needed to change his life at all" (36)
4. not confrontational--passive                 4. "thinking about herself and Angel splitting up... didn't particularly do anything about it..."(33-34)
5. very quiet and submissive                 5. "But Lou Ann rarely corrected anybody on anything." (38)
6. can't stand up for self; manipulable   6.'...Lou Ann had not experienced before. the arguments made her feel like the rubber in a Gumby doll, that her body could be bent into any shape and would stay that way.' (34)
7. Very self-conscious                           7. "As she was getting ready for bedshe caught sight of herself in the mirror and thought she looked disgusting and pornographic in her nightgown..."
8. Not ignorant                                        8. "Angel had warned her to keep them shut, but she had wanted to see where she was going."

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