What does it mean when the teacher says ...

Question

i am having to do a book report on ' a raisin in the sun ' and the teacher wants me to say what a major character trait is of the character. what does that mean?

Answer 1

Character trait is something about the person that you immediately think of when you think of that person.  Like he's really honest, loyal, wise, friendly, knowledgeable, self-conscious, self-confident, self-effacing, self-denying, totally untrustworthy, hardworking, lazy, cynical, happy, fatalistic, realistic, a dreamer -- how would you describe the character of that character??

Personality is who you are around other people.  Character is who you are when nobody's looking.

Answer 2

if you were going to describe him to a friend of your by saying "he's the guy that _____" there ya go.  just word it out better for your teacher.