His sister claire was fourteen, almost fifteen, and was no longer interested in max, not on a consistent basis at least. . she had adopted a tone of perpetual dissatisfaction and annoyance with everything max did, and with most things that existed in the world.

source: eggers, dave. the wild things. new york: random house, 2009. google books. web. 10 may 2011.

what type of characterization is used in the excerpt to reveal claire’s character traits?

a.)indirect
b.)direct
c.)both direct and indirect
d.)neither direct nor indirect