The Curse By Andre Dubus

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into an impetuous man who feels old and becomes consumed with guilt. After witnessing the rape: “He did not know what it was like to be very old … but he assumed it was like this: fatigue beyond relieving by rest, by sleep.”
Dubus uses all three methods of indirect characterization in describing Mitchell; he uses words, actions, and thoughts. An example of his words is “I should have stopped it. I think I could have stopped it.” An example of his actions comes after the bikers had left the rape scene, “Then he picked up her sneakers from the floor and placed them beside her and squatted near her face….” An example of his thoughts comes after the bikers leave, “He wanted to speak to her and touch her, hold a hand or press her brow, but he could not.”
A secondary character is Joyce. She is flat and static. She is flat because she is a minor character and lacks complexity. She is static because her character does not ...

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