COMPARISON AND CONTRAST WORKSHEET:

Using Dead Stars, list down what is described of Esperanza and Julia Salas’ characters.

Look at how Alfredo perceives them, and what other people say about them, their physical
characteristics and their behavioral traits.

Remember to cite parts of the short story in parenthesis as proof of how the text depicts them.

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Example:
Julia: Charming, perhaps more in personality than face (Described by Alfredo, Page 3)

ESPERANZA JULIA SALAS

Refined woman (described by narrator, page Well liked woman (described in page 3)
4)

Trusting, does not easily get jealous Mysterious (described by Alfredo, page 4)
(“Esperanza was not prone to indulge in
unprovoked jealousies.” , Page 4)

Traditional/highly moral (the part where she Distant (the part where she was talking with
was talking about Calixta, page 9) Alfredo, page 5)

Literal minded (Alfredo thinking about Detached (Described by narrator when talking
Esperanza, Page 9) with Alfredo, page 8)

Acquisitive (Alfredo thinking about Charming (description of Julia while she and
Esperanza, Page 9) Alfredo were talking, Page 5)

Efficient (Alfredo thinking about Esperanza, Lives in the province (“looks like home to
Page 9) me…” , Page 5)

Suspicious of Alfredo (the part where they Sharp-minded (“re-enforcing it, maybe.”,
were talking about Calixta, page 10) Page 6)

Above average looks (“acceptable Faithful (“her glance of abstracted

appearance”, page 9) devotion…”, Page 7)

Self-conscious and elegant (Alfredo “Slender, not so eagerly alive” (Alfredo

describing Esperanza, Page 9) describing Julia, Page 12)

Angry/sad towards Alfredo (“…she burst out

in a storm of weeping that left him completely
shamed and unnerved…”, Page 10)