Read this excerpt from infinite jest. i cannot make myself understood. ‘i am not just a jock,’ i say slowly. distinctly. ‘my transcript for the last year might have been dickied a bit, maybe, but that was to get me over a rough spot. the grades prior to that are de moi.’ my eyes are closed; the room is silent. how does the narration affect the narrator’s credibility in this excerpt?

His explanations depict him as a bit defensive.

Explanation:

Being on the defensive is a seemingly self-protective attitude when a danger is foreseen or someone who can do us harm. Based on this, we can see that the narrator of the text is on the defensive because he tries to protect himself from his past mistakes by persuading people to believe that he is able to work hard and succeed, as he can prove through his prior grades.

the answer to the given question above would the one that wiesel is establishing and how is ethos by appeal to his authority in having survived the holocaust. hope this answers your question.

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