Read this excerpt from The People Could Fly "Anton," his mother said, "you dream of a girl who lives with her father in the tower of the moon." Anton thought about how to get there, to the tower of the moon. He started out. In the middle of a field he met an eagle, an ant, a lion, and a dove. The four were quarreling over dividing a dead ox. Anton was kind enough to divide it for them. The eagle, the ant, the lion, and the dove were grateful. Which statement best describes the use of characterization in this excerpt? Anton is directly characterized as romantic. Anton is directly characterized as kind. The animals are directly characterized as grouchy. The animals are directly characterized as lost.

The statement which best describes the use of characterization in this excerpt is:

Anton is directly characterized as kind.

Explanation:

Anton was kind enough to divide it for them.

In the line above, the narrator of the story is telling us that Anton is kind, and that is a perfect example of direct characterization.

Direct characterization happens when the author openly states a character's traits. The opposite would be indirect characterization, which happens when the author uses dialogues, actions, thoughts, and descriptions to tell us about the character. In this case, we have to infer the traits, since they are not explicitly told.

Having that in mind, we can easily say that, in the passage, Anton is directly characterized as kind.

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