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In his attempt to explain the difference between Importance and Expression to Grendel, the dragon uses the examples of the diffe

Softa [21]

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The dragon uses the examples of animals and vegetables to explain about man's inevitable move towards complexity. Vegetables can be regrown by using a bit of its part, while an animal has a head that controls every other part. Likewise, man has the ability to adapt to any change in his environment, which leads to the choices he make. And it is this superior ability of man which signifies the gap between man and other beings, just like importance and expression are different.

Explanation:

When Grendel went to the cave of the dragon in Chapter 5 of the text Grendel by John Gardner, the dragon began teaching about everything. He proclaimed that he knows and hears everything, exclaiming that it's what "makes [him] so sick and old and tired".

And in his attempt to teach Grendel about the difference between importance and expression, he uses the example of a jug. He states "the jug is an absolute democracy of atoms", but devoid of expression. To him, "Importance passes from the world as one to the world as many, whereas expression is the gift from the world as many to the world as one." This shows that what is deemed important may not necessarily be expressive.

In other words, his attempt to explain the difference led to the animal/vegetables analogy. He explains nature's consequent move to complexity which he relates to the case of man's ability to adapt to his environment despite Grendel's belief of their foolishness. He uses vegetables and animals as examples between man and a rock. A rock is a simple object, which may be whole in its being but unlike a man, it is not capable of doing anything to change its existence. On the contrary, man can adapt to his surroundings and change his ideas, even at the last minute. Animals have a head which leads the other body parts, like a man does. But vegetables and rocks have no such ability, which renders their limited abilities. To summarize is points, the below quote from the text rightly presents the difference-

"If the dominant activity be severed from the rest of the body--if, for example, we cut off the head--the whole coordination collapses, and the animal dies. Whereas in the case of the vegetable, the democracy can be subdivided into minor democracies which easily survive without much apparent loss of functional expression."

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Is the following word that has an arrow above it in the sentence a noun, pronoun, verb, conjunction, adverb, adjective, preposit

krek1111 [17]

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In the English language, the word "who" is almost always used as a pronoun.

It represents a person, similar to the words "I" and "me".

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i need 500-1000 words for my flash fiction essay. it can be about anything but has to have a twist at the end. pls help. no PLAG

Mandarinka [93]

Answer:

Andrea Mathews looked at the tiny hat in his hands and felt jumpy.

He walked over to the window and reflected on his beautiful surroundings. He had always loved grey Amsterdam with its lonely, light lakes. It was a place that encouraged his tendency to feel jumpy.

Then he saw something in the distance, or rather someone. It was the figure of Jona Thunder. Jona was a clever coward with brunette hair.

Andrea gulped. He glanced at his own reflection. He was tall with thick eyebrows and wide thighs. His friends saw him as courageous. Once, he had even brought a knowing puppy back from the brink of death.

But not even a special person who had once brought a knowing puppy back from the brink of death, was prepared for what Jona had in store today.

The snow flurried like singing foxes, making Andrea relaxed.

As Andrea stepped outside and Jona came closer, he could see the vigorous glint in his eye.

Jona glared with all the wrath of 7897 wild bored bears. He said, in hushed tones, "I hate you and I want a fight."

Andrea looked back, even more relaxed and still playing with the tiny hat. "Lets do this," he replied.

They looked at each other with confident feelings, like two hard, hungry guys looking for a fight.

Andrea stepped forward and as he did his hat transformed into a sword.

Jona looked surprised, but he didnt let the surprise weapon stop him from drawing out his own sword.

And then the fight began.

THE END

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Somebody help me with this real quick please

mars1129 [50]

Narrative tension would make the most sense. all the other ones make no sense.

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Can someone Help? :)

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c

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