how does this chapter function in terms of the organization of the whole? chapter 3 in the book called "Into the Wild"

Aman lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. in the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment.

Which of these novels is considered an important precursor to science fiction

What is the most likely reason schlosser uses a direct quotation in this example excerpt from fast food nation