Contrasted with the often generic and depersonalized nature of the daily grind, the chaos endemic to the classrooms feels cheering and sustaining, somehow.
In various ways, these accounts reiterated the claim that relatively small changes in circumstances could turn the best and brightest into monsters or depersonalized serfs.
Even when data are aggregated and depersonalized, it is hard for researchers to gain access to information that helps them spot trends or gain insights into public health trends.
That experience lends an intimate depth, not just to the physical descriptions of the novel, but to its psychological reality, the interweaving of the individuals within the depersonalized khaki.