I believe these parts provide direct characterization: "<span>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."
The writer clearly and directly describes the character's personal features, as well as his internal motivation for an action. It is opposed to indirect characterization, where we can grasp the character's traits or motivation through his/her actions or speech.</span>
I’d say you would need to know if they have any type of super powers and if they have the traits of a super hero
This means that sometimes, you should trust your emotions rather than your brain. Sometimes, even if something seems logical in the first place, your heart may tell you that it is not right, or that it shouldn't be like that, and it may be the time to choose to follow your heart rather than your logic.
