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wild consuming fear Physical expression :press his face into his hands, shake uncontrollably Implicit unusual behavior:wander from window to window metaphor :dull like the dead 。 Judging people’s character ? people’s character : we judge people’s character from two perspectives :personal judgments of admiration or criticism and moral judgments of praise or condemnation, both can be positive or negative and explicitly or implicitly. ? 1)Personal judgment means to ment on the behavior of people. It can also be positive (admiring) and negative (criticizing )。for example, Helena describes her first love with words :energetic, intelligent , popular to show her admiration to him directly and phrase as working in a top security structure to judge his character indirectly. Judging people’s character ? 2) moral judgments can be made positive or negative :it can also be made directly and indirectly. ? a. Helena condemns her leaders for their dishonesty and inhumanity Our leaders are too holy and innocent. And faceless. What else can this abnormal life be than a cruel human rights violation?. ? b. Helena praises the leaders of their courage: At least their leaders have the guts to stand by their vulture ,to recognize their sacrifices. ? With admiration and criticism, moral judgments can also be made directly or implied. ? Metaphor plays a role in judging character: And today they all wash their hands in innocence. Appreciating things ? Appreciating things: things can be appreciated positively or negatively. Appreciating things includes evaluation of different kinds of things, as well as relationships, quality of life and even semiotic things. The following are the appreciation of things in Helena’s narrative. Positive a beautiful relationship a very serious issue healing of breaches restoration of broken relationships negative my unsuccessful marriage a frivolous question broken relationships the munity he or she has injured ? The borderline of character and value: there are several instances of attitude in our texts that could perhaps be analysed as either judgment of character or appreciation of things. These bring us to the border of character and value. ? It is important to take cotext into consideration ,rather than analysing simply item by item. Amp