Wu Ting
How would you explain ‘all on a chance’ in the context? It’s strange every time, returning to the Allende Street house where Señora Frida marched home from the Melchor market that birthday long ago, a stranger, with a shy boy carrying her bags because Every Man has the Right to make a Kite from his Pants. And in the courtyard inside, the Painter sat under the trees reading his newspaper, waiting to be found, all on a chance. How strange that a boy could make a kite of his pants, fly them around the world, and somehow arrive back at the house where everything began. How would you explain ‘all on a chance’ in the sentence: the Painter sat under the trees reading his newspaper, waiting to be found, all on a chance? Thanks! PS: It's from The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver.
Apr 24, 2014 12:55 AM
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In my opinion,the artist was readind the newspaper,under the trees,and ,at the same time,he was waiting to be found by Frida...
April 24, 2014
It is difficult to understand. If I were reading this book I would "write it off" to the author's writing style, which seems to include throwing in odd and stranger references. If I were reading this I would just tell myself that OK, this woman comes home from the market with a boy carrying her stuff. There is a man sitting under a tree at her house. I would ignore the rest. I doubt it has much value to the story. I don't really like the writing style. I think the author is trying to dress up her story-- make it more "artsy" than it really is.
April 24, 2014
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