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Cadzao Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
The hunter Gracchus
"That’s very considerate of you,” said the hunter. “I am always moving. But when I go through the greatest upward motion and the door is shining right above me, I wake up on my old ship, still drearily stranded in some earthly stretch of water. The basic mistake of my earlier death grins at me in my cabin. Julia, the wife of the helmsman, knocks and brings to me on the bier the morning drink of the country whose coast we are sailing by at the time. I lie on a wooden plank bed, wearing—I’m no delight to look at—a filthy shroud, my hair and beard, black and gray, are inextricably intertangled, my legs covered by a large silk women’s scarf, with a floral pattern and long fringes. At my head stands a church candle which illuminates me. On the wall opposite me is a small picture, evidently of a bushman aiming his spear at me and concealing himself as much as possible behind a splendidly painted shield. On board ship one comes across many stupid pictures, but this is one of the stupidest. Beyond that my wooden cage is completely empty. Through a hole in the side wall the warm air of the southern nights comes in, and I hear the water lapping against the old boat."
(Franz Kafka, The Hunter Gracchus, http://malaspina.edu/~johnstoi/kafka/huntergracchus.htm)
1. Is "the basic mistake of my earlier death" the mistake that caused "my death?"
2. What does the blue sentence mean?
Please help!
Cadzao
(Franz Kafka, The Hunter Gracchus, http://malaspina.edu/~johnstoi/kafka/huntergracchus.htm)
1. Is "the basic mistake of my earlier death" the mistake that caused "my death?"
2. What does the blue sentence mean?
Please help!
Cadzao
Top answer
basic mistake of my earlier death: the mistake related to my death the morning drink: the drink served at breakfast in the country whose coast we are sailing by at the time
- basic mistake of my earlier death: the mistake related to my death the morning drink: the drink served at breakfast in the country whose coast we are sailing by at the time
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basic mistake of my earlier death: the mistake related to my death
the morning drink: the drink served at breakfast in the country whose coast we are sailing by at the time
the morning drink: the drink served at breakfast in the country whose coast we are sailing by at the time
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