Read the passage.
excerpt from "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" by Leslie Marmon Silko
The priest walked toward the kitchen, and Leon stood with his cap in his hand, playing with the earflaps and examining the living room—the brown sofa, the green armchair, and the brass lamp that hung down from the ceiling by links of chain. The priest dragged a chair out of the kitchen and offered it to Leon.
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How does the word choice in this excerpt affect the meaning?