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Answer:
he states how the men look and says that they do not belong in the North.
Explanation:
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Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild.
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 . . . . Both men were manifestly out of place, and why such as they should adventure the North is part of the mystery of things that passes understanding.Readers can tell that London is using direct characterization to describe Charles and Hal because he
✓✓Direct characterization can be regarded as method that describe a particular character in a manner that is in straightforward, this could be physical description(watery eyes ) or line of work ( doctor).
The Call of the Wild was written by Jack London, it is an adventure novel arround year 1903. From the excerpt Charles was characterized as one with
watery eyes and lightish-colored man, Hal who was also a youngster, all these gives example of direct characterization. Alot of Jack London works was dedicated to mysteries of the wild. It should be noted that Readers can tell that London is using direct characterization to describe Charles and Hal because he states how the men look and says that they do not belong in the North.
maybe you've been invited to a party of a distant friend. while there, you meet someone who you'd never though you could be friends with. someone wayyy too different than you? but you two hit it off and they tell a really funny joke, hence where you'd use the line "i've never laughed so hard in my life."
hopefully this helps or gives you some sort of idea!
