The clouds drifting across the sky RESEMBLE a distant flock of pale birds.
They're viewed as 2nd(second) class.
Right. Because right is right, right? Also it said he needed to pick the RIGHT direction.
Answer: you have to make sure that the reader cares enough about these characters.
In order for a story to be successful and popular, the reader has to care about the characters that are present in the narrative. When a reader cares about these characters, he becomes invested in the story, and is more likely to read it all the way to the end. However, if he is not interested in the characters, he is more likely to think of the story as trivial and to have little motivation to finish the book.
I believe it means "character attributed to someone".