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.”

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.

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