Since you provide no option , one of the conclusion that the details support is that Oona wanted the readers to be able to vividly picture the travelling process to get a better reading experiences
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Although discrimination is very wrong it happens a lot all over the world wether it is for race,gender or even how peoples weight. This could be a start but I am not completely sure
To plot memorial events or experiences to explain and or give the reader a descriptive vision of what the picture author is painting