Please provide a direct and an indirect example of characterization for Miss Stephanie Crawford found in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Directis when
the author or narrator
uses explicit words or phrases to describe a particular character.can be

drawn from behaviors, speech, or even the appearance thatexhibit. Also,
indirect
characterization can be found from implicit descriptions given by
other . For an example ofof
Miss Stephanie Crawford,says the following in the
first chapter
of :

"Soreceived most of his
information from Miss Stephanie
Crawford, a neighborhood scold, who
said she
knew the whole thing" (11).

If someone is
a
"scold," then he or she is one who finds fault in everything. Scout uses
this word to
describe Miss Stephanie Crawford because not only is she the
town gossip, but she's also one who
finds fault in everyone or every event in
Maycomb. There is no need to use inference with this
example because Scout's
direct approach uses explicit language to tell the reader exactly what
Miss
Stephanie is--a scold.

However, an example of indirect
characterization
of Miss Stephanie Crawford is shown on the day of the Tom
Robinson trial. Miss Maudie and the
children are outside watching everyone
from all of Maycomb County as they head toward the
courthouse. Miss Maudie
says she won't be going to the trial because it is morbid to watch
someone on
trial for his life. She also says that all of the people who are going to the
trial
that day are acting like it's a Roman carnival. Just then, Miss
Stephanie Crawford walks by, and
Scout describes the scene as
follows:

"She wore a hat
and gloves.
'Um, um, um,' she said. 'Look at all those folks--you'd think William Jennings
Bryan
was speakin'.'

'And where are you going, Stephanie?'
inquired Miss
Maudie.

'To the Jitney Jungle.'

Miss Maude said she'd
never seen Miss Stephanie go to the Jitney
Jungle in a hat in her life.

'Well,' said Miss Stephanie,
'I thought I might just look in at the courthouse, to see
what 's up to'"
(160).

The above passage shows

indirect characterization of Miss Stephanie Crawford in the following ways: First, she
is
dressed up for more than a trip to the grocery store; second, she pretends
to show disapproval
for all of the people going to the courthouse through her
speech; and third, she avoids
admitting that she is going to the trial.
Therefore, by the way Miss Stephanie Crawford behaves,
speaks, and is
dressed in this scene, one can infer that she is a hypocrite, a liar, and a

person who does not see anything wrong with going to see Tom Robinson on trial that day.
This
scene describes Miss Stephanie Crawford by showing how she interacts
with others rather than
using direct language to describe her
character.