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Describe how the author of "And of Clay We are Created" uses direct and indirect characterization to develop the character Rolf Carlé in the passages below:

PASSAGE 1 The story came to us in his calm voice. For years he had been a familiar figure in newscast, reporting live at the scene of battles and catastrophes with awesome tenacity. Nothing could stop him, and I was always amazed at his equanimity in the face of danger and suffering; it seemed as if nothing could shake his fortitude or deter his curiosity.

PASSAGE 2 The mud was like quicksand around her, and anyone attempting to reach her was in danger of sinking. They threw a rope to her that she made no cffort to grasp until they shouted to her to catch it, then she pulled a hand from the mire and tricd to move but immcdiately sank a little deeper. Rolf threw down his knapsack and the rest of his equipment and waded into the quagmire, commenting for his assistant's microphone that it was cold and that one could begin to smell the stench of corpses. Your answer​