Short Story < Sonstiges (Englisch) < Englisch < Sprachen < Vorhilfe
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| Aufgabe | I love to go out on summer nights and watch the stones grow. I think they grow better here in the desert, where it is warm and dry, than almost anywhere. Or perhaps it is only that the young ones are more active here.
Young stones tend to move about more than their elders consider good for them. Most young stones have a secret desire which their parents had before them but have forgotten ages ago. And because this desire involves water, it is never mentioned. The older stones disapprove of water and say, "Water is a gadfly who never stays in one place long enough to learn anything." But the young stones try to work themselves into a position, slowly and without their elders noticing it, in which a sizable stream of water during a summer storm might catch them broadside and unknowing, so to speak, push them along over a slope or down an arroyo. In spite of the danger this involves, they want to travel and see something of the world and settle in a new place, far from home, where they can raise their own dynasties, away from the domination of their parents.
And although family ties are very strong among stones, many have succeeded; and they carry scars to prove to their children that they once went on a journey, helter-skelter and high water, and traveled perhaps fifteen feet, an incredible distance. As they grow older, they cease to brag about such clandestine adventures.
It is true that old stones get to be very conservative. They consider all movement either dangerous or downright sinful. They remain comfortably where they are and often get fat. Fatness, as a matter of fact, is a mark of distinction.
And on summer nights, after the young stones are asleep, the elders turn to a serious and frightening subject -- the moon. which is always spoken of in whispers. "see how it glows and whips across the sky, always changing its shape," one says. And another says, "Feel how it pulls at us, urging us to follow." And a third whispers, "It is a stone gone mad."
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Hallo!
Ich soll die Short Story "The Stones" von Richard Shelton analysieren, jedoch habe ich überhaupt keine Idee was mir diese Geschichte sagen will .. kann mir jemand vielleicht Helfen und mir z.B. sagen wofür diese Steine stehen sollen ??
DANKE
Ich habe diese Frage in keinem Forum auf anderen Internetseiten gestellt.
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> I love to go out on summer nights and watch the stones
> grow. I think they grow better here in the desert, where it
> is warm and dry, than almost anywhere. Or perhaps it is
> only that the young ones are more active here.
Stell' dir vor, die Steine sind Menschen, bilden menschliche Familien. Findest du Parallelen?
> Young stones tend to move about more than their elders
> consider good for them. Most young stones have a secret
> desire which their parents had before them but have
> forgotten ages ago. And because this desire involves water,
> it is never mentioned. The older stones disapprove of water
> and say, "Water is a gadfly who never stays in one place
> long enough to learn anything." But the young stones try to
> work themselves into a position, slowly and without their
> elders noticing it, in which a sizable stream of water
> during a summer storm might catch them broadside and
> unknowing, so to speak, push them along over a slope or
> down an arroyo. In spite of the danger this involves, they
> want to travel and see something of the world and settle in
> a new place, far from home, where they can raise their own
> dynasties, away from the domination of their parents.
Wofür kann (dann) das Wasser stehen? Findest du auch hier etwas, was sinnbildlich dazu passt?
Was anderes denn Wasser ist so etwas wie ein Störenfried, eine Viehbremse oder lästige Fliege, ein Nervtöter? Was zumindest kann schon mal die beschauliche Ruhe stören?
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> And although family ties are very strong among stones, many
> have succeeded; and they carry scars to prove to their
> children that they once went on a journey, helter-skelter
> and high water, and traveled perhaps fifteen feet, an
> incredible distance. As they grow older, they cease to brag
> about such clandestine adventures.
>
> It is true that old stones get to be very conservative.
> They consider all movement either dangerous or downright
> sinful. They remain comfortably where they are and often
> get fat. Fatness, as a matter of fact, is a mark of
> distinction.
>
> And on summer nights, after the young stones are asleep,
> the elders turn to a serious and frightening subject -- the
> moon. which is always spoken of in whispers. "see how it
> glows and whips across the sky, always changing its shape,"
> one says. And another says, "Feel how it pulls at us,
> urging us to follow." And a third whispers, "It is a stone
> gone mad."
Ja, der Mond. Ist der Mond hier der Mond oder etwas, was weit weg ist, wo man im Leben (eines Steines oder.....) nicht hin kommen kann?
> ---Analyse the story with regard to its allegorical
> meaning.---
> Ich soll die Short Story "The Stones" von Richard Shelton
Gibt es bei Richard Shelton eine zeitliche Nähe zu "Rolling Stone" (dem Blues / der Band)?
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