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I mean, are we done with prehistory yet?The Man from Earth · 2007 — Capítulo 4 de 10 · 3'47" · C1
Never Told the Buddha, Explained: almost wish it were true
A hunt comes back empty and a chief stomps out a man's teeth. The talk then walks east through myths, cities, and the Buddha. What stays back is one admission, "I never told him," and the answer "I almost wish it were true" leaves the tale standing without granting it.
Qué pasa
Questions push past prehistory. Someone recalls the rock art at Les Eyzies, a man named Giraud, and a chief who stomps the man's teeth out after a fruitless hunt. Later the talk moves east, through trade routes and new gods, and ends with study alongside the Buddha until the death, the difference never told. One last line almost wishes the story were true.
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fruitless huntget there from herepray, continuegetting warm
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almost wish it were true
nearly hoping it is true, without taking it as fact
After the difference goes untold, one line calls it fascinating and the next is almost wish it were true. The wish stays incomplete and does not treat the story as fact.
They almost wish it were true, then check the dates a second time.
También en esta escena
- fruitless hunt
a search that yields nothing
- get there from here
you cannot reach it from where you stand
- pray, continue
a barbed please-go-on
- getting warm
closer to the right answer
- going it alone
to get through a stretch without a companion
Todo lo marcado en esta escena
33 notas en 67 frases
did the work fairly well
He did a pretty good job.relative clause: The that-clause names which animals: the ones they hoped to eat.
He would draw the animals that we hoped to find to eat.a search that yields nothing
Once the painting is named, fruitless hunt sets up an empty search: the chief stomps the man's teeth out because the magic had failed him, told like an old account.
One day after a fruitless hunt, our chief stomped his teeth out because his magic had failed him.did not come through for him not an exam; the magic stopped working
One day after a fruitless hunt, our chief stomped his teeth out because his magic had failed him.parenthetical aside: The aside marks the infected jaw as his guess, not a fact he saw.
Finally, he got- I suspect- an infected jaw, and he was abandoned.know what you are supposed to kill
You have to know what to kill.Keep to short against know and give it no stress of its own.
You have to know what to kill.mostly comes from study
No, that's mostly based on study.nested clause: what holds you say, which holds an emphatic do know.
Well, let's talk about what you say you do know about: Historical times.Pause on do before know; it marks the knowing as claimed fact.
Well, let's talk about what you say you do know about: Historical times.Let the t in next stay light before few, with no gap.
Next few thousand years, it got warmer.you are inventing it, not recalling it
A few thousand years- See, now I know you're guessing.you cannot reach it from where you stand
One line says the next few thousand years got warmer. The next calls that guessing. Then Art hears get there from here, blocking the jump from where things stand.
You can't get there from here, Art.closer to the right answer
Right after farming and herding are spelled out, someone stammers getting warm. An earlier line was about a warmer climate, but the question is whether the guess is close.
Am-Am I getting warm, here?Put the weight on warm, the word that means closer.
Am-Am I getting warm, here?I am sure of it — Casual certainty; leave it out of formal claims.
I bet I am.not the sort of thing books contain
John, this is out of any textbook.learned how to manage it hang does not mean suspend
I'd gotten the hang of going it alone, Learning how to fit in when I wanted to.to get through a stretch without a companion
Before the move east, one line pairs going it alone with learning how to fit in when he wanted to. The two skills sit side by side.
I'd gotten the hang of going it alone, Learning how to fit in when I wanted to.blend in, be accepted as one of them not a matter of physical size
I'd gotten the hang of going it alone, Learning how to fit in when I wanted to.Do not stop after fit; move straight into in.
I'd gotten the hang of going it alone, Learning how to fit in when I wanted to.learned while traveling on
Learning languages as I went.contemptuous nonsense — Fine for dismissing a claim; cruel about someone's faith.
probably all hogwash, So I was Sumerian for 2,000 years, Then finally Babylonian under Hammurabi.harder again than the previous stage
Difficult when villages emerged, tougher still in city states where authority was centralized.where clause: where limits the city-states to those with power held in one center.
Difficult when villages emerged, tougher still in city states where authority was centralized.outsiders were not trusted
Once the talk reaches city states, were suspect closes it: strangers are not trusted on sight. No case and no name are offered.
Strangers were suspect.pretended to have already died
I learned some new tricks- even faked my death a couple of times.new ways of getting by — Spoken talk for expedients; too loose for a formal report.
I learned some new tricks- even faked my death a couple of times.sensed an unusual quality in someone
He knew there was something different about me.that matter was never told to him
I never told him.a wish that is not fully made
I almost wish it were true.subjunctive wish: were, not was, marks a wish against what the speaker takes as fact.
I almost wish it were true.Never Told the Buddha, explicado
What's really going on
After a fruitless hunt, a chief stomps a man's teeth out because "his magic had failed him." "That's awful" is followed by "You have to know what to kill." Praise for amazing historical knowledge is answered with study, then cut down to "one man, one place at a time." A few thousand warmer years are called guessing and blocked by "You can't get there from here, Art." "Well then, pray, continue" sends the talk on without agreement. Farming and lakeside life are called textbook, then mostly granted. What comes next is narrower: going it alone, languages on the road, creation myths as "probably all hogwash," and long years as a Sumerian, a Babylonian under Hammurabi, and a Phoenician. "Strangers were suspect," and death is faked a couple of times. In India, during the Buddha's life, study lasts until the death, and "I never told him." After "This is fascinating," "I almost wish it were true" keeps the appeal and withholds belief.
Theme
SecretsThe Buddha knew something was different about him, and the next line stops at "I never told him."
IdentityThe account names Sumerian, Babylonian, and Phoenician in that order, then says it seemed he was always moving on.
Escucha con atención
- have to know — Keep to short against know and give it no stress of its own.
- do know — Pause on do before know; it marks the knowing as claimed fact.
- Next few — Let the t in next stay light before few, with no gap.
- getting warm — Put the weight on warm, the word that means closer.
One day after a fruitless hunt, our chief stomped his teeth out because his magic had failed him.A hunt brings nothing, so the chief stomps a man's teeth out because the magic failed. The line states the cause and does not say the chief lost his own teeth.
I'd gotten the hang of going it alone, Learning how to fit in when I wanted to.Going it alone and fitting in only when he chooses are the two skills placed side by side before the journey east.
I learned some new tricks- even faked my death a couple of times.After leaving has grown harder and strangers are called suspect, the new tricks include staging death more than once.
It seemed as though I was always moving on.From hunter bands to villages to city states, staying becomes harder, and the life being told is one long departure.
I never told him.The line before says the Buddha knew something was different. This one says that difference was never told.
I almost wish it were true.It follows "This is fascinating." The wish keeps the appeal and does not say the story happened.
Preguntas sobre esta escena
Why did the chief stomp the man's teeth out?
The same line gives the reason. After a fruitless hunt, "his magic had failed him." The next lines add the aftermath: someone had to chew his food, and an infected jaw is only a suspicion, followed by abandonment. They do not add another motive.
What does hogwash refer to in this scene?
It follows "Everywhere, creation myths, new gods, so many, so different," and the realization that it was "probably all hogwash." The word lands on those myths and gods. Hammurabi, named beside it, is called a great man instead.
Did he tell the Buddha what was different about him?
No. The lines say the Buddha knew there was something different, and the next line is "I never told him." They never say what the difference was.
Does "I almost wish it were true" mean the story is accepted?
No. It comes right after "This is fascinating." The wish keeps the attraction and does not say the story happened. Nothing here shows anyone agreeing that it is true.
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