I’m at least 200 words explain how alergiavuses characterization to express one of the themes in granny in “the golden bridge”

This is what I used for the essay, which is 476 words instead of 200.

Often, readers have to make inferences to dig deeper, below the surface meaning of the words, to understand what the author is saying about Granny. This is what Granny's grandson says:

"She was crazy," Manual insisted, "because she only charged them for the cost of the food she cooked, and she didn't earn a penny for all that work."

But is Granny really crazy? Or is there more to her that the author isn't directly revealing? Is there information about Granny beneath the author's words? Alegria gives almost no direct clues about Granny's character motivation during the story. But by the end of the story, everything is clear and we realize the role Granny really played in the guerilla attack.

"'Hello, Mama Tancho,' the camp commander called out. Not knowing she was my grandmother, he told me. 'This is the old lady who gave us the plans for the attack on the Golden Bridge.'

Granny has been in league with the rebels from the beginning. That's why she was so willing to cook for the government soldiers and earn nothing. Being around the government troops and being trusted by them, she was able to steal the defense plans for the bridge. Finally, the author reveals one more "secret" about Granny. What is she selling from her canoe?

"'Fragmentation grenades, G-3 cartridges, 81 millimeter mortar rounds. Who'll buy from me?'"

What's Granny's character motivation? She's helping the guerillas fight against the government.

Look at the details he uses in this passage:

"A few days later a market lady warned Granny that the Guards were looking for the woman who cooked for the troops. So the dear old lady bought a packet of henna, a tube of lipstick, and went back to her ranch."

Describing Granny as "the dear old lady," creates an informal, lighthearted tone. This tone become humorous when the Guards arrive at Granny's ranch to question her.

"'And who are you?' the Guards asked her.

"Granny drew herself up. ‘I'm the respectable owner of a house of pleasure in Suchitoto,' she replied, ‘but with all these subversives shooting up the Guard barracks every other day, I ran out of clients and had to retire. That's the war for you,' she sighed."

Granny is playing a part to convince the Guards that she had nothing to do with the "subversives shooting up the Guard barracks." She uses humor to outwit her enemies by pretending to be the "respectable owner" of a brothel. Granny and the guerillas are living in a violent, dangerous time as they fight for their country's freedom. The author again uses humor to remind us of this in the last lines of the story. "Chanting in her street seller's voice," Granny calls out the different kinds of ammunition she had hidden in her baskets. This is the punch line of the story.

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what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).