domingo, 19 de octubre de 2008

The Description (Exodus 22-30)

The description of the way the concegrations had to be done, the altar, the "church" is very deep and thorough. It is explained how everycorner should be seen, decorated, colores and iluminated. the way it whoucld be carried on is described with perfect detail. The colors and the way it is explained makes it at come point imagine it and perseve it. The text is VERY monotunous. The same sentences are repeated but with dofferent verb or a different noun or adjective the structure is basically the same. For example:
"13: And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 14: And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
15: The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
16: And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. " Exodus 25.
The red colored is the verb that changes, the green are the nouns with adjectives that change. The sentence is not ENTIRELY the same but it is simil structure. This makes it boring. Ok, it is style and beautiful languege but with the same structure all along it is not entretaining and you can't get to focus and sometime you loose the track and find yourself obligated to read all over again.

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