Read this excerpt from the call of the wild. the whip was whistling savagely, when once more mercedes interfered. she dropped on her knees before buck, with tears in her eyes, and put her arms around his neck. this excerpt uses direct characterization to show what buck is like. indirect characterization to show what buck is like. direct characterization to show what mercedes is like. indirect characterization to show what mercedes is like.

it uses inderect characterazation to show what mercedes is like because it shows that is is a compassionate woman to stop her brother/husband from whipping the tired dogs.

 indirect characterization to show what Mercedes is like

Explanation: In this excerpt from "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London, the narrator uses indirect characterization to show what Mercedes is like. Characterization is the way in which an author describes a character. In this excerpt, Mercedes is characterized by the way she acts. She tries to stop the whipping of Buck.

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b) to show the progression of inventions that took place in the bicycling industry.

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