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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The protagonist, Philip, came to Paris to become a painter.
He goes to the studio Amitrano.
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Thinking of Cronshaw recalled to him the fact that he had not seen him for a week, and so, when Clutton left him, he wandered along to the cafe in which he was certain to find the writer. During the first few months of his stay in Paris Philip had accepted as gospel all that Cronshaw said, but Philip had a practical outlook and he grew impatient with the theories which resulted in no action. Cronshaw's slim bundle of poetry did not seem a substantial result for a life which was sordid. Philip could not wrench out of his nature the instincts of the middle-class from which he came; and the penury, the hack work which Cronshaw did to keep body and soul together, the monotony of existence between the slovenly attic and the cafe table, jarred with his respectability. Cronshaw was astute enough to know that the young man disapproved of him, and he attacked his philistinism with an irony which was sometimes playful but often very keen.
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
1. I'd like to know if "for a life" means "at a cost of a life."
2. And I'd like to know if "Cronshaw could not wrench out of his nature" is implied before "the penury."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He goes to the studio Amitrano.
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Thinking of Cronshaw recalled to him the fact that he had not seen him for a week, and so, when Clutton left him, he wandered along to the cafe in which he was certain to find the writer. During the first few months of his stay in Paris Philip had accepted as gospel all that Cronshaw said, but Philip had a practical outlook and he grew impatient with the theories which resulted in no action. Cronshaw's slim bundle of poetry did not seem a substantial result for a life which was sordid. Philip could not wrench out of his nature the instincts of the middle-class from which he came; and the penury, the hack work which Cronshaw did to keep body and soul together, the monotony of existence between the slovenly attic and the cafe table, jarred with his respectability. Cronshaw was astute enough to know that the young man disapproved of him, and he attacked his philistinism with an irony which was sometimes playful but often very keen.
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
1. I'd like to know if "for a life" means "at a cost of a life."
2. And I'd like to know if "Cronshaw could not wrench out of his nature" is implied before "the penury."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon 1. " Roughly, yes. park sang joon 2.
- park sang joon 1.
- " Roughly, yes.
- park sang joon 2.
- And I'd like to know if "Cronshaw could not wrench out of his nature" is implied before "the penury.
- No.
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know if "for a life" means "at a cost of a life."Roughly, yes.
park sang joon2. And I'd like to know if "Cronshaw could not wrench out of his nature" is implied before "the penury.No. The phrase refers only to his middle-class instincts.
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for yet another kind answer from you.
I was wondering in what relationship the protagonist' having the instincts of the middle-class is with "the penury, the hack work which Cronshaw did to keep body and soul together, the monotony of existence between the slovenly attic and the c
2. No. The phrase refers only to his middle-class instincts.
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for your continuing support. 
I'm so sorry for my poor understanding, but I am unlikely to understand t
I'm so sorry for my poor understanding, but I am unlikely to understand t
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park sang joonI'd like to know why there is "and" before "the penury."It just marks the next independent clause. We would as likely use a comma before that 'and' nowadays. Here are the two simplified coordinate clauses:
Philip could not wrench out...the instincts of the middle-class..., and the penury... jarred with his respectability.
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Now I see; thank you, Mr. Micawber, for your continuing support.
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