Question

“That little girl, who remembered nothing but fear of her earliest childhood, was happy when she flaunted her courage.”

direct or indirect?

Answer 1

Do you mean "direct or indirect speech"? Or something else (object, clause type)? Quick answers for the likely interpretations:

- As speech: neither — this sentence is a plain declarative statement, not direct or reported (indirect) speech.
- As object: the phrase "nothing but fear of her earliest childhood" is the direct object of remembered.
- As a relative clause: "who remembered nothing but fear of her earliest childhood" is a non‑restrictive (nondefining) relative clause (set off by commas).
- As a subordinate clause: "when she flaunted her courage" is an adverbial clause of time.

If you meant a different distinction, tell me which and I’ll answer accordingly.