Question

Which quotation from The Fellowship of the Ring is an example of indirect characterization?

“Bilbo was very rich and very peculiar . . .”
“. . . Mr. Baggins was generous with his money . . .”

“. . . Bilbo gave a few pennies away . . .”

Answer 1

The third options because it is stating and action taken by the character and the action showed a bit of his personality, but the other two answers were a direct characterization because they were a dressing him as a person a describing his character.

Answer 2

The corect answer is: "...Bilbo gave a few pennies away..."

In characterization, the auhtor reveals fictional characters' natures and personality. There are two ways to do it, by direct characterization and by indirect characterization.

In direct characterization, the author explicitly describes the character's personality. In this case, "...Mr. Baggings was generous with his money..." is an example.

Indirect characterization doesn't explicitly tell you the character's personality or characteristics. These are shown by the characters actions, speech or appereance. Here, you as the reader, have to put attention to discover the character's personality.