A DISCUSSION ON TWO SENTENCES FROM THE ESSAY -GOING OUT FOR A WALK
1.Luncheon at the A.s, however, salves him and floats him in full sail.
2. Behold him once more the life and soul of the party.
LET ME QUOTE FROM THE ESSAY BY BEERBOHM(PAGE 150;MIDDLE PART;XI READER,ENGLISH;DHSE)
.......And in due course "Trespassers," he says, "Will Be Prosecuted." Poor man!--mentally a wreck.
(MY VIEW POINT : THE MAN WHO HAD TAKEN THE WRITER OUT FOR A WALK IS CRESTFALLEN.THE WALK HAS BECOME TOO BORING TO CONTINUE.BUT THE PROSPECTS OF A LUNCHEON KEEP HIM ON...
ANOTHER HINT IS THAT IT IS HIS STOMACHE THAT TAKES HIM OUT FOR A WALK,NOT HIS BRAIN .
THE 'SHIP' ASSOCIATION BEGINS WITH THE WORD 'wreck' and BECOMES HILARIOUS IN THE NEXT LINE WHERE WE SEE 'A WRECKED SHIP' SAILING ON TO THE SITE OF THE PARTY / THE LUNCHEON !)
3 Luncheon at the A.s, however, salves him and floats him in full sail.
in full sail -DIRECT MEANING-with all the sails spread. EG-The ship was in full sail.
(MY VIEW POINT -THE 'SHIP' IMAGE CONTINUES.HE MOVES FAST ON TEMPTED BY THE FEAST.IT IS HIS APPETITE THAT DRAWS HIM ON.NOT HIS BRAIN.NOT HIS INTELLIGENCE. THE WRITER'S COMPAINION IS NOW A PATHETIC BORE.)
Behold him once more the life and soul of the party.
Direct meaning -
The life and soul of the party- someone who is energetic and funny and at the centre of activity during social occasions
(MY VIEW POINT -
THE SENTENCE MEANS - SEE THE MAN WHO THINKS AND LIVES ONLY FOR HIMSELF . THIS KIND OF WALK IS NOT A NOBLE ACTION.IT IS NOT THE WORK OF HIS BRAIN.
THERE IS STRONG SATIRE HERE -
HE LIVES / MOVES ONLY TO ENJOY THE PARTY ,NOTHING ELSE ! HIS SOUL CRINGES FOR THE PARTY.THERE WILL BE NO OTHER PERSON WHO IS MORE INTERESTED IN THE PARTY THAN HE IS .IF HE WERE NOT SO INTERESTED IN THE PARTY,HE WOULD HAVE ABANDONED THE IDEA OF WALIKING WITH THE AUTHOR WHO HAD BEEN SO DULL AND SILENT.SO THIS MAN CAN BE CALLED AS THE LIFE AND SOUL OF THE PARTY ! IS THERE A HINT THAT A PARTY IS A PLACE WHERE GREEDY PEOPLE MEET ?
ANY OTHER INTELLIGENT OR WISE MAN WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP THE IDEA OF THIS ABSURDITY.BUT THIS MAN'S BRAIN IS SHUT.ONLY HIS SOUL FUNCTIONS.AND THAT HIS SOUL IS GUIDED BY HIS APPETITE /GREED !
THE USE OF THE WORD 'SOUL' CAN BE LINKED TO THE LAST PART OF THE ESSAY WHERE THE WRITER HUMOROUSLY PRESENTS THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE SOUL AND THE BRAIN.THIS DIALOGUE ALLUDES TO THE POEM ADDRESSED TO THE SOUL BY ROMAN EMPORER HADRIAN -A GREAT TRAVELLER !
-Emperor Hadrian’s farewell to life.THE POEM IS GIVEN BELOW
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