In due time, specifications came through, for a tough, fast, comfortable vehicle, mounting a camper top – a little house with do
uble bed, a four-burner stove, a heater, refrigerator and lights operating on butane, a chemical toilet, closet space, storage space, windows screened against insects – exactly what I wanted. What is the purpose of the descriptive detail in this passage from Travels with Charley?
It shows that the author has a lot of money to buy a fancy camper.
It shows that the author is a very fussy person.
It shows how the camper meets all the author’s travel needs.
It shows that the author is a good designer.
In his eulogy, Biden spoke about Dole volunteering for military service and being gravely wounded, and how he came back to “painful” years recovering from those wounds. “God, what courage Bob Dole had,” Biden said. Dole died Sunday at the age of 98.
