Which excerpt from the monsters are due on maple street is an example of direct characterization? don approaches the group, stops a few feet away to stare toward the house, then looks back toward the group. the screen door opens and goodman comes out, a man in his early forties who first greets them smiling and then letting the smile fade as he sees the faces. as the people exchange looks. they've all arrived there on an emotion and when hit with a simple question of logic they can't answer. taking in little knots of people who stand around talking in low voices. at the end of each conversation, they look toward les goodman's house.