Apr 5, 2007 11:44
17 yrs ago
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English term

the sentence below

English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
The narrator is recalling some things from the past.
Evan is the father, Leo - the son.

"[I remember] Evan looking up from the toilet and missing Leo's first real boy pee....."

ok, the question is: what did Evan actually do?
a) was he leaning over the toilet and had to dodge to avoid being - you know what?
b) was he looking OUT OF the toilet (as a room) and so he missed seeing his son doing - you know what - for the first time?
or maybe there is jet another way to understand this fragment?

Discussion

Jolanta Konowalczyk (asker) Apr 5, 2007:
YET another way ;) sorry for the typo

Responses

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not quite right

The English is definitely odd.
Basically, accompanying small children to the loo requires a lot of waiting ("have you done it yet?") and I guess the father looked away, presumably at the person who is narrating, and missed the important event.
Peer comment(s):

agree Anna Maria Augustine (X)
4 mins
agree carly kelly
13 mins
agree Alison Jenner : This is how I understood it, too.
18 mins
agree Alexander Demyanov
22 mins
agree Buck
52 mins
agree Sandra SAYN (X)
52 mins
agree Refugio : yes, missed seeing it
1 hr
agree Ken Cox : one of those priceless father-son bonding moments (sic)
1 hr
agree David Cahill
5 hrs
agree Joshua Wolfe : English is unsettling bec. makes reader think Evan is looking up from" within the toilet bowl. You are right that author must have meant "looking away from the toilet..."
2 days 3 hrs
agree Alfa Trans (X)
4 days
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