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English, 09.12.2020 23:20 lobatospitones
Read the passage from "By the Waters of Babylon.”
Then I saw the dead god. He was sitting in his chair, by the window, in a room I had not entered before and, for the first moment, I thought that he was alive. Then I saw the skin on the back of his hand—it was like dry leather. The room was shut, hot and dry—no doubt that had kept him as he was. At first I was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. He was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. His age was neither young nor old—I could not tell his age. But there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. You could see that he would have not run away. He had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. But it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. I knew, that, if I touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face.
Which detail most effectively creates an atmosphere of decay?
“But there was wisdom in his face and great sadness.”
“But it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit.”
“He was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods.”
“Then I saw the skin on the back of his hand—it was like dry leather.”
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