Mirror the paths
1. Does "mirrored the paths" mean "walked in the paths" i.e. "repeated the paths that others had gone in the past"?
2. Does "in the family lineage" mean "in his family" i.e. "in comparison to the role of his great grandfather"?
Context:
Raymond Arnold is an Australian artist whose work owes much to the memories of his own great grandfather and compatriots-in-arms during the First World War. In 1998, Arnold made a pilgrimage to the Somme in France. ‘As the artist mirrored the paths of his soldier-forbears,’ Katherine McDonald writes, ‘he also reflected on his own life, his role in the family lineage with mixed notions of history and memory, masculinity and duty, war and dislocation.
Top answer
1. I guess so. The writer tried to be a bit colorful, but she ended up sounding odd.
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- I guess so.
- The writer tried to be a bit colorful, but she ended up sounding odd.
- You can't mirror a path.
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1. I guess so. The writer tried to be a bit colorful, but she ended up sounding odd. You can't mirror a path.
2. Right. She is trying too hard with "lineage". She means his role in the family history—past, present and future.
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