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Wu Ting
How would you explain “gun-broke horses” here?
We did not take more than a few steps before we heard the whine of incoming mortars. A bright sound like the sky had become a boiling kettle. We looked at each other, Murph and I, dumbly staring into our own infinity made up of fractions upon fractions of seconds. For one brief incalculable moment we were not brave or afraid. Neither spoke nor moved. Welled eye abuts welled eye, a look between gun-broke horses.
How would you explain “gun-broke horses” in the last sentence?
Thanks!
2013년 4월 13일 오후 12:29
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Denis gave an excellent explanation. I just thought I'd add that the purpose of the metaphor is to highlight the sense of numbness that Murph and the author had in response to the incoming mortars. They are like gun-broke horses trained to tolerate the sound of gun fire.
2013년 4월 13일
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Gordon,
to break an animal....to train a wild animal for use by people
a saddle broke horse.....a horse trained to the saddle
a gun broke horse......a horse trained to tolerate the sound of guns. A very important skill for a horse to have during a gun battle!
2013년 4월 13일
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