Which excerpt is an example of indirect characterization? jett was a kind boy who was always willing to anyone in need. mariana was a chatterbox and could talk for hours about any subject. juana pretended to be sick so that she would not have to go to school. lamar was jealous of his older brother omar, who was a skilled soccer player.

C.  Juana pretended to be sick so that she would not have to go to school.

cabeza de vaca was an spanish explorer and n his long exploration of 11,000.km. from florida to present-day mexico, he went through a series of calamities and setbacks that only added to his deeds. he applied his religious creed with the humanist idea, always current and universal, that all men were equal before god and destiny without any discrimination. as an explorer, he became a slave to the tipinoga, then his shaman pointer, later and after an operation of heart to an indian (from which both came alive) he achieved stardom and became a hero followed by a crowd that professed unusual respect and admiration.