If you were a child who loved the moon, looking at the moon will forever remind you of childhood.
a lot of these sentences are very logical
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- Feb 2021
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Avoid overbright colors; they are attention-seeking and hinder camouflage.
hiding from the designated mate
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these “instructions” are becoming less and less instructive.
contradicting
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enemy
I think he is referring to the designated mate as his enemy
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“You’re a very fast swimmer,” uttered by a man who is still submerged, may not be intended as praise.
sarcasm
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Designated Mate
What does she mean by designated mate and why is it capitalized?
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you will see violent ruthlessness in such basic things as his swim stroke.
It is hard to change your perceptions of someone
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go out of his eyes.
who is he?
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- Jan 2021
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It is time for dinner. The ticket-seller stands at the door of the bus, waiting impatiently for a new driver to be sent to pick it up. Passersby now barely glance at the empty bus that is stopped for some unknown reason in the middle of the road. In the dark, no one notices the blood, which is covered with dirt and barely visible.
It is as if nothing ever happened and everything was cleaned up and forgotten about.
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“For some reason, my eyelid has been twitching for the past couple of days.”
The bystander is focusing on himself rather than the man who just got killed.
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“Some people drive like maniacs. They’re not going to stop just because you won’t get out of the way!”
These bystanders are more concerned about discussing the accident than worrying for the victim and feeling empathy towards him.
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“That’s terrible! Why didn’t he pull his father out of the way?”
People who didn't see what happened are judging things and assuming. In reality, the son was obviously too young to push his father out of the way.
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The child wasn’t hurt. He was very lucky.
The story begins to change.
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a terrible serpent
The author is using a metaphor when he refers to his headaches as a terrible serpent.
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as if the head were full of living things spinning around and around inside.
Another reference of the fantasy creatures making the author's head spin. As the number of mancuspias increases, the author's madness increases.
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experiences a rush as if the brains were suddenly spinning
The author is symbolically describing his headaches in comparison to taking care of these fantasy creatures. In this quote, you can tell that he is describing the headache because he explains that he experiences head rushes and sudden spinning.
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