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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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One paragraph from the introduction of the novel 20,000 leagues under the sea
Hello everybody:
Recently, I'm reading Jules Verne's novel 20,000 leagues under the sea
the first part is a brife introduction written by Ray Bradbury, a renounced american writer. His words are really very beautiful, very literary, and I got this paragraph which lay beyond my comprehension :
Out of questions suddenly posed and needs suddenly found most needful, as the steam blew off and the proud dust settled we found:
Mad Captain Ahab.
Mad Captain Nemo.
Moby Dick, the great White Whale.
ps:what's the normal order of the first sentence? Is he using inversion?
Thank you very much!!!
Recently, I'm reading Jules Verne's novel 20,000 leagues under the sea
the first part is a brife introduction written by Ray Bradbury, a renounced american writer. His words are really very beautiful, very literary, and I got this paragraph which lay beyond my comprehension :
Out of questions suddenly posed and needs suddenly found most needful, as the steam blew off and the proud dust settled we found:
Mad Captain Ahab.
Mad Captain Nemo.
Moby Dick, the great White Whale.
ps:what's the normal order of the first sentence? Is he using inversion?
Thank you very much!!!
Top answer
Yes, he is using both inversion and suspended sense in a very compressed style which makes it hard to untangle. Here is one wa y to put the sentence into a straightforward order. As the steam blew off and the proud dust settled, we found mad Captian Ahab, mad Captain Nemo, and Moby, the great White Whale standing before us like a question suddenly posed to us or like a need we had not recognized before.
- Yes, he is using both inversion and suspended sense in a very compressed style which makes it hard to untangle.
- Here is one wa y to put the sentence into a straightforward order.
- As the steam blew off and the proud dust settled, we found mad Captian Ahab, mad Captain Nemo, and Moby, the great White Whale standing before us like a question suddenly posed to us or like a need we had not recognized before.
- One paraphrase, out of many, might be: Setting aside the details of the story, we see that Captain Nemo ( like Captain Ahab and his great White Whale) embodies the questions and the needs of humankind.
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Yes, he is using both inversion and suspended sense in a very compressed style which makes it hard to untangle. Here is one way to put the sentence into a straightforward order.
As the steam blew off and the proud dust settled, we found mad Captian Ahab, mad Captain Nemo, and Moby, the great White Whale standing before us like a question suddenly posed to us or like a need we h
As the steam blew off and the proud dust settled, we found mad Captian Ahab, mad Captain Nemo, and Moby, the great White Whale standing before us like a question suddenly posed to us or like a need we h
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