What makes this excerpt from Oliver twist by charles Dickens an example of direct characterization

What is the probability of getting a license plate with 123 abc or abc 123?

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

Analyzing relationships how was the scientist work similar to the work of the keene high school students you read about in this section