A caricature is a representation of, generally, a person,
but the image of this representation (in the form of a description when in
literature) is overly exaggerated. The exaggerated descriptions focus on elements
that can be seen as imperfections and are silly. Elnora referred to herself as a caricature because
of how she was dressed—“ funny little old hat; my hair was not right, my ribbon
invisible compared with the others, I did not know where to go, or what to do,
and I had no books.”
