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In direct characterization character's personality is explicitly described. Indirect characterization on the other hand uses dialogue, actions and other non-explicitly descriptions. Fro the given sentences the following sentence is example of direct characterization:
The door opened and in came ridiculous Reginald, as dapper and debonair as ever.
Answer:
Gossips deforms the reader's perspective on the characters used, as the reader's idea become affected by individual beliefs and biases or of those who are creating the gossip.
Explanation:
In a book authored by Henry James, Daisy Miller's story was told from differing perspective of several people, except from her herself. The major narrator in the book is Winterbourne, a man known to be highly emotion towards Daisy Miller. This has the ability to affect his judgment and perception of Daisy and thus any description given by him would be biased, as emotions will be involved.
