Read this excerpt from "The Legend." In Chicago, it is snowing softly and a man has just done his wash for the week. He steps into the twilight of early evening, carrying a wrinkled shopping bag full of neatly folded clothes, Based on the contrast between the man’s "wrinkled shopping bag” and his "neatly folded clothes,” readers can best conclude that the man is modest in his means but tidy with his laundry. uses a recycled bag in which to put his new purchases. lost a nicer laundry bag that he brought to the laundry. is in a hurry and did not take time to iron his belongings.