Apr 5, 2007 11:44
17 yrs ago
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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?
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?
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3 +11 | not quite right | Mark Nathan |
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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.
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):
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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carly kelly
13 mins
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Alison Jenner
: This is how I understood it, too.
18 mins
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agree |
Alexander Demyanov
22 mins
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agree |
Buck
52 mins
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agree |
Sandra SAYN (X)
52 mins
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agree |
Refugio
: yes, missed seeing it
1 hr
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agree |
Ken Cox
: one of those priceless father-son bonding moments (sic)
1 hr
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agree |
David Cahill
5 hrs
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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
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agree |
Alfa Trans (X)
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