Question

URGENT PLS TIMED TEST!!!What is the purpose of the description in this passage from Travels with Charley?


Once I traveled about in an old bakery wagon, double-doored rattler with a mattress on its floor. I stopped where people stopped or gathered, I listened and looked and felt, and in the process had a picture of my country the accuracy of which was impaired only by my own shortcomings.


to show that he prefers the bakery wagon to the camper

to show the authentic experience of traveling in a casual way

to show that Americans like baked goods

to show that he is not a very good writer

Answer 1

Answer:

"To show the authentic experience of traveling in a casual way "

Explanation:

Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck written in 1962 is kind of an autobiography of the author.  Steinbeck set off on a journey across America hoping to rediscover the identity of a nation because he was feeling as he was losing his touch with his country. His company during the travel was a French poodle, Charley, and a pickup truck he called Rocinante as their way of transportation. They traveled through almost forty states. In the passage above we can notice how he feels about traveling in extraordinary ways, and how much it helps him to have a better perspective of the country

Answer 2

B. to show the authentic experience of traveling in a casual way

In the given passage taken by 'Travels with Charley,' the author employs several descriptions with the aim to 'display the comparison between the man & the place.' The descriptions like 'man, barbed-wire fence,' 'man wore the dark hat, with lighter places,' 'eyes frosted with the sunlips as snakeskin' displays a similarity between the 2.

What does the length of the description of Charley's trip emphasize?

The length of the description emphasizes his importance in the story. Read the excerpt from Travels with Charley. For some years I have traveled in many parts of this world. In America I live in New York, or dip into Chicago & San Francisco. But New York is no more America than Paris is France & London is England.

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