Read the excerpt from "Dream Season.” "Mr. Robinson is a brave man, Marcus,” Dad said. "There are a lot of people out there who don’t want him to play just because of the color of his skin.”

That is a d*mb reason, I thought as I filled out the scorebook.

What kind of characterization is contained in the underlined sentence?

a)direct, because it tells the reader a personality trait of the character
b)direct, because it tells the reader a physical trait of the character
c)indirect, because it shows something the character says
d)indirect, because it shows something the character thinks