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Question
Why doesn’t Bryson seem to be able to do easily what others seem to? Give a few reasons.
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Solution
Bryson lacks orientation. He has. great capacity in forgetting hotel rooms, the location of restrooms in a cinema hall and the number of his room in a hotel. He goes at least three times a day to the reception desk to ask which room is allotted to him.
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