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Is there a word for it?
I occasionally come across things in books which do not make any sense because they go against important plot or character elements, and wonder if there is a word for it.
For example in 'Passage' by Lois McMaster Bujold one of the protatonists is Dag who lost his right hand and lower forearm in a battle some years before. Yet he is described as having to run vigorously up a hill and resting at the top with his hands on his knees to regain his breath.
In 'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame one of the protagonists is Toad, who is of course a toad. Yet after he escapes from prison and has spent the night huddled under the roots of a tree he is described as brushing the dead leaves from his hair.
Does anyone have other examples? What does one call things like this? They are surely more than typos.
Regards, Alex
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