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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
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I totally surrender..
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If possible, would you break down the part I underlined and explain it to me? I have no idea what it is, totally surrender.
He (a homeless) is screaming at the top of his lungs how he wouldn't sleep in this parking lot if it was the last parking lot on earth. Then he goes into how Santa Monica is on the back of a submarine and we're really, really far out at sea.
Thank you,
M
If possible, would you break down the part I underlined and explain it to me? I have no idea what it is, totally surrender.
He (a homeless) is screaming at the top of his lungs how he wouldn't sleep in this parking lot if it was the last parking lot on earth. Then he goes into how Santa Monica is on the back of a submarine and we're really, really far out at sea.
Thank you,
M
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That seems like a metaphor to me. I would say that when you on the back of a submarine , far out at sea, then you're lost, you're doomed, nobody can help you anymore. I'd assume that he thinks that sleeping in the parking lot is very dangerous but I can't make the connection between the parking lot and the submarine.
- That seems like a metaphor to me.
- I would say that when you on the back of a submarine , far out at sea, then you're lost, you're doomed, nobody can help you anymore.
- I'd assume that he thinks that sleeping in the parking lot is very dangerous but I can't make the connection between the parking lot and the submarine.
- Wait for others because I could be wrong.
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That seems like a metaphor to me. I would say that when you on the back of a submarine , far out at sea, then you're lost, you're doomed, nobody can help you anymore. I'd assume that he thinks that sleeping in the parking lot is very dangerous but I can't make the connection between the parking lot and the submarine.
Wait for others because I could be wrong.
Wait for others because I could be wrong.
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It means what it says it does. The hobo believes that the suburb of Santa Monica is built upon the back of a submarine that is floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The hobo believes this because he is a raving lunatic. I very much doubt any metaphorical meaning was intended.
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Thank you very mush guys, for useful explanations. Now I can imagine a better picture of it.
And thank you, Clive for the revision. I should've know that, yet I keep making the same mistake. I can say "the homeless" but not "a homeless."
M
And thank you, Clive for the revision. I should've know that, yet I keep making the same mistake. I can say "the homeless" but not "a homeless."
M
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Hi,
I aasume you know that 'the homeless' is a collective term, ie referring to a group of people.
eg The government is trying to help the homeless.
Clive
I aasume you know that 'the homeless' is a collective term, ie referring to a group of people.
eg The government is trying to help the homeless.
Clive
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