<span>Her inability to use chopsticks makes her feel like an outsider, since it is such a basic part of Japanese culture. She had showed more skin than most Japanese women, who were more prone to wearing tights and hosiery during the warmer summer months. Third, she inadvertently set off the invasion alarms when she touched the palace to test the surface for its composition.</span>
The atmosphere created by this setting is the wide desert he was in had so many dunes that he was lost in the middle of it, surrounded by a huge wilderness.
When you infer you are making an educated guess about something or a topic your reading. When it comes to reading you want to make a logical guess about what you think the story is about