Read paragraphs 3–6. Which main techniques does the author use in all three paragraphs to develop the idea that Zitkála-Šá 's mother has negative feelings about the paleface?

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The main techniques for character development that the author uses to develop the idea that Zit's mother has negative feelings about the paleface is called: Indirect Characterization.

What is character development?

Character development is a two pronged element. It can be described as:

  • all the experiences that a character goes through in the story and how it changes them; or
  • How the character is introduced by the author.

With respect to the second angle, character development can be developed:

  • By the things the author says about the character  - Direct development
  • By the things the character says - Indirect development
  • By the way the character interacts with other characters - indirect development.

Referenced Excerpt
"With a strange tremor in her voice which I could not understand, she answered, "If the paleface does not take away from us the river we drink."

"Mother, who is this bad paleface?" I asked.

"My little daughter, he is a sh.am, – a sickly sha.m! The bronzed Dakota is the only real man."

I looked up into my mother's face while she spoke; and seeing her bite her lips, I knew she was unhappy. This arou.sed revenge in my small soul. Stamping my foot on the earth, I cried aloud, "I hate the paleface that makes my mother cry!"

Setting the pail of water on the ground, my mother stooped, and stretching her left hand out on the level with my eyes, she placed her other arm about me; she pointed to the hill where my uncle and my only sister lay buried.

"There is what the paleface has done! Since then your father too has been buried in a hill nearer the rising sun. We were once very happy. But the paleface has stolen our lands and driven us hither. Having defrauded us of our land, the paleface forced us away."

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