"She appeared to me the most amiable and benevolent of human creatures." (page 56)
This quote is an example of indirect characterization. Readers never really meet Justine Moritz. We learn about her through the characters response to her and their opinions of her. We learn of her past and her experiences through recounts by other characters. I think the author does this to avoid directly stating what she is like. This allows readers to make their own judgements on her character just as the judges do when she is put on trial for murder. I think the indirect characterization is affective because readers must determine her character based solely on what others see in her. Also, it is affective because it is well used by providing many differenct accounts of her character that all lead readers to similar conclusion. These accounts are from different people, yet the same conclusions that she is a selfless, loving person can be drawn.
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