Which three parts of this excerpt from Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The House of Seven Gables provide direct characterization? Had he been told of a bad air, it might have moved him somewhat; but he was ready to encounter an evil spirit on his own ground. Endowed
with commonsense, as massive and hard as blocks of granite, fastened together by stern rigidity of purpose, as with iron clamps, he followed
out his original design, probably without so much as imagining an objection to it. On the score of delicacy, or any scrupulousness which finer
sensibility might have taught him, the Colonel, like most of his breed and generation, was impenetrable. He therefore dug his cellar, and laid the
deep foundations of his mansion, on the square of earth whence Matthew Maule, forty years before, had first swept away the fallen leaves. It
was a curious, and, as some people thought, an ominous fact, that, very soon after the workmen began their operations, the spring of water,
above mentioned, entirely lost the deliciousness of its pristine quality.

In my opinion, these two answers provide a direct characterization in the best manner:

1. Endowed with common sense, as a massive and hard as blocks of granite,

2. On the score of delicacy or any scrupulousness which a finer sensibility might have taught him, the Colonel, like most of his breed and generation, was impenetrable.

Explanation:

Endowed with reasonable, as huge and onerous as blocks of granite, mounted along by stern rigidity of purpose, like iron clamps, he followed out his original style, most likely while not such a lot as imagining an objection thereto. On the score of delicacy, or any scrupulousness that a finer sensibility may need educated him, the commissioned military officer, like most of his breed and generation, was impenetrable."

This half provides direct characterization.

Direct characterization is wherever the talker tells the reader concerning the character. The talker specifically told the readers the traits of the commissioned military officer. Traits like invested with sense, as huge and hard, The commissioned military officer was impenetrable.

i have read the novel roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d. taylor.

1. this isn't like any other story i've read or watched because it is about a black family in mississippi right after slavery in the u.s. had become illegal. most of the novels i have read were about slavery. another point is that the author of the novel used symbolism in a way i haven't seen before. for example she uses thunder as something negative meaning something bad will happen. but by the end of the novel, she made thunder a good thing.

2.   one character that changed during the novel was stacey. stacey is the eldest child of the black logan family. around the begging of the novel stacey was avoiding the white boy jeremy simms. he had a dislike for jeremy's family. but at the end of the novel stacey began to like jeremy.

3. the author starts the novel with the problem that the children of the logan family have to avoid the white kid school bus while walking to school.