Mandirect Characterization In Shame By Dick Gregory

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In "Shame" Dick Gregory uses indirect characterization to show that being yourself and changing yourself for someone else is a lot more traumatic than it seems. In the narrative Gregory is a young boy at the time who has a crush on a young girl named Helene Tucker. Throughout the story Gregory does a series of actions to look good in front of Helene Tucker. Growing up poor and black Gregory discusses his experience of feeling shame as a

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