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Tinanam0102 Posted 14 years ago
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Hi teachers,

I cannot understand the sentence below.

If, in the fictional ending, Conrad was obliquely purging some guilt at having taken his 'standing jump' from Poland, there may be a less personal purgation too.

I don't know if there's a little personal purgation there or not.
What does 'there may be a less personal purgation too" mean? And then there's 'too' at the end of the sentence.

Thanks
TN
  

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tinanam0102 Conrad was obliquely purging some guilt at having taken his 'standing jump' from Poland This is the hypothetical "first purgation". It involves Conrad's own life, so we might call it a 'personal' purgation. tinanam0102 there may be a less personal purgation too .

— CalifJim

  • tinanam0102 Conrad was obliquely purging some guilt at having taken his 'standing jump' from Poland This is the hypothetical "first purgation".
  • It involves Conrad's own life, so we might call it a 'personal' purgation.
  • tinanam0102 there may be a less personal purgation too .
  • , in addition to the "first purgation).
  • This second purgation does not relate as much to Conrad's own life, so we might say that it is not so 'personal' as the first purgation .
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tinanam0102Conrad was obliquely purging some guilt at having taken his 'standing jump' from Poland
This is the hypothetical "first purgation". It involves Conrad's own life, so we might call it a 'personal' purgation.
tinanam0102there may be a less personal purgation t
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Hi CalifJim,

Thanks for the explanation. It's very clear.

Thanks
TN
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