Which of the following is an example of indirect characterization?

a. joe was a lazy, good-for-nothing farmer without a penny to his name.
b. joe wouldn’t life a finger to his neighbor if you paid him.
c. joe was a poor, sorry excuse for a farmer.
d. joe pulled the brim of his hat low over his eyes as he settled back against the tree. he looked out over his fields. “that plowing can wait a day or two,” he thought, and closed his eyes for a midday nap.

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was outlawed in 1919 by theeighteenth amendment. prohibition, as it was called, achieved a number of good results. it lowered the average consumption of alcohol. 4rrests for drunkenness fell sharply. the rate of alcoholism was reduced. if the prohibitionists had been willing to legalize beer and wine, the experiment might have worked. instead, by insisting on a totally “dry” society, they drove thousands of ordinary people to break the law. 1. during prohibition, alcohol was not available. 2. during prohibition, many usually law-abiding people drank illegally. 3. the prohibitionists opposed the use of any form of alcoholic beverage. 4. the prohibitionists were tolerant of moderate social drinking.