Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. i am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies. my posture is consciously congruent to the shape of my hard chair. 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. i am in here. which is an explicit detail from this passage? a)hal feels uncomfortable in this room. b)hal does not want to participate in this interview. c)hal is sitting on a hard chair in a cold room. d)hal feels intimidated by the three deans. the answer is c

The answer is C

We realize that he is in the office, first. Then we observe that he is seated in a chair. The rest of the paragraph is a digression in which describes the details of the administrative office at the University.

in this passage from "animal farm", by george orwell, the statement that best explains how boxer's response supports the author's purpose in writing an allegory is option b) orwell uses boxer's decision to avoid more carnage by working hard to show how the working class was manipulated. boxer and the other animals feel they are responsible for their carnage because napoleon uses propaganda to manipulate the animals of the farm.

explanation:

this labor, by slow prudence to make mild.   c. ability to govern well