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Mariott Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Better there

We become like someone who lost a set of keys in the shadows a mile away but searches for them under a nearby street light. The person knows the keys aren't under the light, but the light is better there. Though always available, Buddha can only be found in ourselves and in our own lives.

In this paragragh, I'm not sure what better there means here.

Thanks in advance!
  

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It is straightforward: The light is better there = there is more light there (to see by, under the street light). This is the remains of an old joke: A drunk on his way home realizes that he has just lost his house key. He decides to look for it under the street light not because that is where he lost it but because the light is better for viewing there - it is too dark elsewhere to look for the key.

— Mister Micawber

  • It is straightforward: The light is better there = there is more light there (to see by, under the street light).
  • This is the remains of an old joke: A drunk on his way home realizes that he has just lost his house key.
  • He decides to look for it under the street light not because that is where he lost it but because the light is better for viewing there - it is too dark elsewhere to look for the key.
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It is straightforward:

The light is better there = there is more light there (to see by, under the street light).

This is the remains of an old joke: A drunk on his way home realizes that he has just lost his house key. He decides to look for it under the street light not because that is where he lost it but because the light is better for viewing there - it is too dark
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Wow. It's so clear now.

Thanks a lot Mister Micawber!!
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