I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies. My posture is consciously congruent to the shape of my hard chair. Thi
s is a cold room in University Administration, wood-walled, Remington-hung, double-windowed against the November heat, insulated from Administrative sounds by the reception area outside, at which Uncle Charles, Mr. deLint and I were lately received. I am in here. Which is an explicit detail from this passage?
An explicit detail is one that is fully expressed or revealed without ambiguity or vagueness. It normally involves numerous pieces of information that will help the reader effectively understand the context and content of what the transmitter of the message is trying to convey.
The passage "This is a cold room in University Administration, wood-walled, Remington-hung, double-windowed against the November heat, insulated from Administrative sounds by the reception area outside, at which Uncle Charles, Mr. deLint and I were lately received." is an explicit detail as it tries to give a very detailed explanation about the room in which the author, his uncle Charles and Mr. deLint were received.
“The scientist looks for the common among the varied. He separates the essential from the superfluous. And this is what Sancho Panza does continuously. He seeks sensible answers to Don Quixote’s nonsense”.-Jorge Wagensberg-The Don Quixote effect in habitus. For Pierre Bourdieu, the Don Quixote effect is found within his theory on habitus.
One of the first aspects of an epic poem one examines to learn about the society the poem derives from is the characterization of the hero: specifically, what makes the hero a hero.
