Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 14 AIL 1316 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"A Year, a Month, a Week, a Natural Day"
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The idea
Failing to stop time he asks that the hour be lengthened, and the list shortens as he speaks: a year, a month, a week, a day. He is bargaining downward inside a single line, and the diminishing is the characterisation.
In practice
The request shrinks as he makes it.
Where people slip
Bargaining downward, in one line.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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