The descriptive detail that conveys the author's viewpoint that the hospital was an uncomfortable place for Frida is "a gloomy ward." This phrase suggests an unpleasant atmosphere, indicating that the environment was not favorable for recovery or comfort.
Read the excerpt from Frida Kahlo by Hedda Garza.
On September 17, 1925, after hours of emergency surgery in the Red Cross Hospital, Frida Kahlo was carried into a gloomy ward, the place where people without much money were taken. Twenty-four other seriously ill and injured patients occupied the beds surrounding hers. One overworked nurse tended to all of them.
Which descriptive detail does the author use to convey her viewpoint that the hospital was an uncomfortable place for Frida?
a gloomy ward
September 17, 1925
patients occupied the beds
Red Cross Hospital
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