Minnie Bibble In many short stories authors develop the characters by using different ways of characterization. These methods may include both direct and or indirect characterization.In the short story "He Thinks He's Wonderful," F. Scott Fitzgerald develops Minnie Bibble in both of these ways. Fitzgerald uses direct characterization first in describing Minnie. Direct characterization is statements or facts that the author tells the reader directly. Using this we learned that Minnie is a fifteen-year-old girl, whose father had moved her to Southampton from New Orleans in May, in order to get her mind off of boys and love. This move was not very effective, she was engaged before the first of Ju