How does the author use descriptions of characters to help the plot? How do the descriptions help the reader form conclusions? Slippery fingers

Descriptions can help the reader have an idea of how the character looks like, act or is. The reader can also like or dislike the character or even have romantic interest .

1one sharp difficulty presented itself. in the intervening twenty-five years my name had become reasonably well known.2 this being so, my trip demanded that i leave my name and my identity at home.3 i had to go alone and i had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back.4 with all this in mind i wrote to the head office of a great corporation which manufactures trucks.

Q: where did the pencil goon vacation?
a: pencilvania