Ariana
How do you understand the sentence"Buck was beaten (he knew that )but he was not broken" please help
23 дек. 2010 г., 2:24
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It's like saying Buck had lost the battle but not the war.

BEATEN = defeated.  BROKEN = loss of spirit, heart (with a horse, we say that it is BROKEN IN to mean that it has been trained and can be ridden - in the past this was usually by way of force and whip to dominate them, now it can (and in my opinion, should) be more humane).

Basically - Buck is tired, he's had enough of fighting but his spirit is still there and he'll fight again another time - he wants to survive although he is tired.

23 декабря 2010 г.
yup fight for love 
23 декабря 2010 г.
To be "broken" sometimes means to give up completely.

I think it means, Buck had lost, failed, was defeated, etc - but he wasn't going to give up.
23 декабря 2010 г.
Ariana
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