Yusupov Oybek Nematjonovich Ahmedova Nigora Shavkatovna

particularities.
They are 
incidental in the sense that it is difficult (or impossible) to explain the writer's choice 
of this rather than that color, or time, etc. Nevertheless, particularities are not 
absolutely irrelevant. They contribute to verisimilitude, as they help to create a 
realistic picture of a person or event. Particularities are used for representing reality in 
a concrete form. 
Therefore, an artistic detail is significant beyond its literal meaning and has 
expressive force, whereas a particularity signifies only what is directly expressed by it 
and has no implication. However, both artistic details, and particularities contribute to 
verisimilitude and credibility of the story, as they individualize, particularize and 
specify the characters, objects and events, thus representing actual life in all its 
diversity. They encourage acceptance on the part of the reader and increase 
convincingness of what is described. 

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One of the most essential factors in literature is the convincingness of the 
characters. Their behavior, thoughts and feelings will arouse the reader's response if he 
believes them. 
“The foundation of good fiction is character-creating and nothing else ... Style 
counts; plot counts; originality of outlook counts. But none of these counts anything 
like so much as the convincingness of the characters. If the characters are real, the 
novel will have a chance; if they are not, oblivion will be its portion ...”. 
The characters may be described from different aspects: physical, emotional, 
moral, spiritual, and social. The description of the different aspects of a character is 
known as 
characterization
. There are two main types of characterization: 
direct and 
indirect
. When the author rates the character himself, it is direct characterization. For 
example, when J. Priestley says that Golspie “was dogmatic, rough, domineering, and 
was apt to jeer and sneer”, he uses the direct method of characterization. A character in 
the story may make direct characterization. However, when the author shows us the 
character in action, lets us hear him, watch him and evaluate him for ourselves, the 
author uses the indirect method of characterization. 
The various means of indirect characterization are as follows: