Read the following passage from The Grapes of Wrath and answer the question that follows.

Question

“You was always too busy pulling little girls’ pigtails when I give you the Holy Spirit. You maybe don’t remember, but I do. You come to Jesus ‘cause of the pigtail yanking. Baptized you in the irrigation. Fighting and yelling like a cat.”

Is this passage direct or indirect characterization?

A.
direct characterization

B.
indirect characterization

Answer 1

A. direct characterization