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Direct Characterization In Powder By Tobias Wolff

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In the short story “Powder,” Tobias Wolff uses indirect characterization to help us understand how the father acts and behaves. First, Tobias Wolff expertly uses indirect characterization by saying “He’d had to fight for the privilege of my company” (Para 1). This allows the reader to infer that the father is reckless or careless and is not trustworthy as he must fight for the company of his son on the ski trip. Secondly, Tobias Wolff uses indirect characterization to show that the father is also caring and wants to take his son skiing as we see in the text “He wouldn’t give up. He promised hand on heart to take good care of me and have me home for dinner on Christmas Eve” (Para 2). This shows that while the father may be reckless

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