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Post by frankclarke on Oct 30, 2013 18:28:37 GMT -5
Go for it boys!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by frankclarke on Oct 30, 2013 18:29:23 GMT -5
Frank Clarke
Mr. Thomas
English 11
30 October 2013
E. The transition of the story from Ben (we’re on a first name basis) first arriving at Philly and discussing his first day there, to him discussing his attempt at “arriving at moral perfection” was a bit blurry. There was no introduction in a sense, and it was more or less just thrown upon us. It was weird to read a man buying bread and giving it away to all of a sudden we don’t know where he is, writing his 13 attempts at achieving “perfection”. It was just odd to me!
D. I really found the quote “A man being something more generous when he has but little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being though to have but little.” Genuinely interesting. He seems to contradict himself, talking about moral duties and perfecting them, while he himself is making himself a lesser of a man by insinuating that he must give money to the workers to make it seem like he was an abundant of money. This as well seemed a bit odd to me.
A. The same quote I used above can be compared to a terrible societal habit that we seemed to of formed over the years…spending more then you have. Clearly the 2008 housing bubble is the first that comes to mind (on a large scale) and kids today who buy clothes they cant afford just to look “cool” (on a smaller scale) It was interesting to see that even this sense of elitism and need for attention of one’s financial situation to be portrayed so evidently in the example Ben gave. (of himself too!!!!)
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