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Description:
The phrase "like one possessed by a demon" used in lines 8–9 helps the reader understand that old master
(A)has seen a ghost
(B)is probably insane
(C)cannot walk very well
(D)has a religious nature
Transcript
- 00:00
Yeah okay see reading shmoop er's Here we go Three
- 00:05
of three on the autobiography of a slave question the
- 00:08
phrase like one possessed by a demon used in lines
- 00:13
eight nine we'll go look for him in a sack
- 00:15
Helps the reader understand that old master What Right Like
Full Transcript
- 00:20
one possessed by a demon or let's Go backto lines
- 00:23
Eight nine up here And we see most of his
- 00:26
leisure was spent in walking cursing ingest iq yah late
- 00:29
ing like one possessed by a demon Okay well that's
- 00:33
pretty crazy talk there Yeah So we know from the
- 00:35
narratives description of old master that he's a wretched man
- 00:38
at war with his own soul right there Great writing
- 00:41
In other words this isn't a guy who's got it
- 00:43
altogether In fact he may very well need a straitjacket
- 00:47
there So yeah it's b he's Probably insane right Loser
- 00:51
ones hear Well the word demon is used in the
- 00:53
similar It doesn't mean that he's literally seen a ghost
- 00:56
ghost Also old master's old and haggard but it's a
- 01:00
stretch to assume he can't walk In fact the narrator
- 01:02
mentions that he walks alone so this line attacks pretty
- 01:06
much tells us that the old dude is bonkers without
- 01:08
any mention of his religious views Yeah there's like nothing 00:01:11.483 --> [endTime] religious there he's Just weird All right that's it
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