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Which excerpt from The Call of the Wild is an example of indirect characterization?

“Dave refused to run quietly on the trail behind the sled, where the going was easy, but continued to flounder alongside in the soft snow, where the going was most difficult, till exhausted.”
“They were in a wretched state, worn out and worn down. Buck’s one hundred and forty pounds had dwindled to one hundred and fifteen. . . . there was nothing the matter with them except that they were dead tired.”
“Charles was a middle-aged, lightish-colored man, with weak and watery eyes and a mustache that twisted fiercely and vigorously up, giving the lie to the limply drooping lip it concealed. Hal was a youngster of nineteen or twenty.”
“They did not know how to do anything, and as the days went by it became apparent that they could not learn. They were slack in all things, without order or discipline.”

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I believe the answer is the third one! This is because indirect characterization is the process by which the writer shows the character's personality through speech, actions and appearance and that's exactly what the third one does!

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annyksl annyksl · Answer 2 · 2020-02-15T18:33:25+01:00

Answer:

“Dave refused to run quietly on the trail behind the sled, where the going was easy, but continued to flounder alongside in the soft snow, where the going was most difficult, till exhausted.”

Explanation:

Indirect characterization occurs when the author transmits information about the characters through three modes: Dialogues, Action, Thoughts. In this type of characterization, the information is implicit and it is up to the reader to deduce it. It is a more plausible way of presenting information about the characters, as it compels the reader to analyze the character closely.

We have an example of this type of characterization in the phrase “Dave refused to run quietly on the trail behind the sled, where the going was easy, but continued to flounder alongside in the soft snow, where the going was most difficult, till exhausted.” In that sentence, through the analysis of the text we can see that Dave is very tired, exhausted and unmotivated. This is not explicit in the text, but it is information that we have about the character through the context.