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Cadzao Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Need help for "Go down, Moses"
"The face was black, smooth, impenetrable; the eyes had seen too much. The negroid hair had been treated so that it cover the skull like a cap, in a single neat-ridged sweep, with the appearance of having been lacquered, the part trimmed out with a razor, so that the head resembled a bronze head, imperishable and enduring."
(William Faulkner, "Go Down, Moses")
Please do me a favor and rephrase the above paragraph.
Thank you so much in advance.
Cadzao
(William Faulkner, "Go Down, Moses")
Please do me a favor and rephrase the above paragraph.
Thank you so much in advance.
Cadzao
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Which part of it seems to be troubling you? It's a description of a black man's head (possibly a woman's), comparing it to a bronze work of art. His hair has been altered with hair products (chemicals for straightening hair, I suppose) and a razor, which has made it appear sculpted.
- Which part of it seems to be troubling you?
- It's a description of a black man's head (possibly a woman's), comparing it to a bronze work of art.
- His hair has been altered with hair products (chemicals for straightening hair, I suppose) and a razor, which has made it appear sculpted.
- ) CJ
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Which part of it seems to be troubling you? It's a description of a black man's head (possibly a woman's), comparing it to a bronze work of art. His hair has been altered with hair products (chemicals for straightening hair, I suppose) and a razor, which has made it appear sculpted. (I'm having trouble imagining "a single neat-ridged sweep", but other than that, it seems fairly straightforward.
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