"He was a good player when he was by himself." is direct characterization because it clearly tells us that he was a good player.
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This is sayiny that the Pharisees are hypocrites, that what they do say are not what you see them doing. Fir they will come and say my brother and my sisters repent for the kingdom of God is at hand and the next minute you see the same person preached to you about repentance, going against the will of God.
After hearing Lewis's description about the way the team leaders ate the extra cookies, it can be inferred that when you receive power, especially when you feel it was given to you arbitrarily, you assume you deserve more and better things than the rest of the people. You behold yourself as a lucky person, and lucky people have the right of grabbing other people's production.
