The characterization of this passage makes it seem as if the narrator has a negative attitude toward McTeague. When the passage starts out with “news of his mother's death” and that “she left him some money but not much” , it sets a tone of pity. The author makes the reader aware of McTeague's aspirations and how he felt when he thought he had accomplished his goals. “When he opened his “Dental Parlors” he felt that his life was a success .” To McTeague he already achieved his goal of becoming a dentist. The reader is now aware that he does not have much to start his dream. The narrator is very descriptive on McTeague’s mentality and physical traits. He is described. as a young giant being “six feet three inches” and “moving his immense limbs,