TRJ #5- Writer's craft- characterization- direct and indirect

In the novel ‘The Notebook’, it is quite interesting to see the characterization. At first, novel shows characteristic of main characters evidently. I could easily recognize and differentiate characters from each other because the characterization was pretty good. Also, it was because three main characters have very different characteristics. For example, in page 73, there is the part where Allie compares Noah and Lon, two male characters, and two are very different. Lon is driven in his work, and always work comes first than Allie. Also, Noah is more romantic than Lon. There is great difference between two. Also, in page 55, Noah describes young Allie like this: ‘She was fiery, spontaneous, passionate-’. There were some parts that I could guess indirectly by reading a novel and watching their behaviors. Although the novel doesn’t mention Lon a lot, I could guess that he is a gentle man and is caring for Allie because he let her leave him and did not seize. I like the way author expressed characteristics, both direct way and indirect way. Since the author wrote direct characterization, I could easily know about the characteristics. Also, it was interesting to find the hidden characterization.