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This "primal You" becomes the wall off which the ball can
bounce, the subject to which paired qualities can stick, the framework on
which the full-fledged Other will be built.
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This "primal You" becomes the wall off which the ball can
bounce, the subject to which paired qualities can stick, the framework on
which the full-fledged Other will be built.
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Sorry, we don’t do literary criticism here. But the short story is that read like PoMo ... which infamously has multiple interpretations.
– Dan Bron
12 mins ago
I am not looking for criticism or something like that. I am translating a book from English. I just can not understand the meaning of"to become the wall off which the ball can bounce". is it an Idiom if yes what it means?
– Hamid Malekzadeh
7 mins ago
Sorry, “literary criticism” means “interpretation of a text”, not “a critique of a text”. But if you’re just wondering about the “wall” part: no, it’s not an idiom, it’s just a metaphor: picture a wall. Now picture throwing a rubber ball against the wall. It bounces off. Every time you throw the ball, it bounces off the wall. It must. So in that thing you’re asking about, “the primal You” is the wall, and something else is the ball, and the ball bounces off the wall. I know that’s not totally helpful, but anything more becomes interpretation... of a messy text.
– Dan Bron
4 mins ago
I am not familiar with such idiom. The meaning must be derived by context, which you have not supplied. As it is, it mean simply that this "primal You" becomes a wall. What kind of wall? A wall off which the ball can bounce. What ball? Your snippet does not say.
– michael.hor257k
2 mins ago
thank you guys; this is the full paragraph:Instinct, then, solves the problem of foundation. If we maintain that there is an instinctual presence of the Other as "primal You," then pairing can take place. This "primal You" becomes the wall off which the ball can bounce, the subject to which paired qualities can stick, the framework on which the full-fledged Other will be built. Consequently, the infant comes with a built-in awareness of the Other at a very basic level, and this makes possible the success of the pairing relation and the infant's inevitable achievement of Egohood.
– Hamid Malekzadeh
1 min ago
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what does this sentence mean?
This "primal You" becomes the wall off which the ball can
bounce, the subject to which paired qualities can stick, the framework on
which the full-fledged Other will be built.
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Sorry, we don’t do literary criticism here. But the short story is that read like PoMo ... which infamously has multiple interpretations.
– Dan Bron
12 mins ago
I am not looking for criticism or something like that. I am translating a book from English. I just can not understand the meaning of"to become the wall off which the ball can bounce". is it an Idiom if yes what it means?
– Hamid Malekzadeh
7 mins ago
Sorry, “literary criticism” means “interpretation of a text”, not “a critique of a text”. But if you’re just wondering about the “wall” part: no, it’s not an idiom, it’s just a metaphor: picture a wall. Now picture throwing a rubber ball against the wall. It bounces off. Every time you throw the ball, it bounces off the wall. It must. So in that thing you’re asking about, “the primal You” is the wall, and something else is the ball, and the ball bounces off the wall. I know that’s not totally helpful, but anything more becomes interpretation... of a messy text.
– Dan Bron
4 mins ago
I am not familiar with such idiom. The meaning must be derived by context, which you have not supplied. As it is, it mean simply that this "primal You" becomes a wall. What kind of wall? A wall off which the ball can bounce. What ball? Your snippet does not say.
– michael.hor257k
2 mins ago
thank you guys; this is the full paragraph:Instinct, then, solves the problem of foundation. If we maintain that there is an instinctual presence of the Other as "primal You," then pairing can take place. This "primal You" becomes the wall off which the ball can bounce, the subject to which paired qualities can stick, the framework on which the full-fledged Other will be built. Consequently, the infant comes with a built-in awareness of the Other at a very basic level, and this makes possible the success of the pairing relation and the infant's inevitable achievement of Egohood.
– Hamid Malekzadeh
1 min ago
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Sorry, we don’t do literary criticism here. But the short story is that read like PoMo ... which infamously has multiple interpretations.
– Dan Bron
12 mins ago
I am not looking for criticism or something like that. I am translating a book from English. I just can not understand the meaning of"to become the wall off which the ball can bounce". is it an Idiom if yes what it means?
– Hamid Malekzadeh
7 mins ago
Sorry, “literary criticism” means “interpretation of a text”, not “a critique of a text”. But if you’re just wondering about the “wall” part: no, it’s not an idiom, it’s just a metaphor: picture a wall. Now picture throwing a rubber ball against the wall. It bounces off. Every time you throw the ball, it bounces off the wall. It must. So in that thing you’re asking about, “the primal You” is the wall, and something else is the ball, and the ball bounces off the wall. I know that’s not totally helpful, but anything more becomes interpretation... of a messy text.
– Dan Bron
4 mins ago
I am not familiar with such idiom. The meaning must be derived by context, which you have not supplied. As it is, it mean simply that this "primal You" becomes a wall. What kind of wall? A wall off which the ball can bounce. What ball? Your snippet does not say.
– michael.hor257k
2 mins ago
thank you guys; this is the full paragraph:Instinct, then, solves the problem of foundation. If we maintain that there is an instinctual presence of the Other as "primal You," then pairing can take place. This "primal You" becomes the wall off which the ball can bounce, the subject to which paired qualities can stick, the framework on which the full-fledged Other will be built. Consequently, the infant comes with a built-in awareness of the Other at a very basic level, and this makes possible the success of the pairing relation and the infant's inevitable achievement of Egohood.
– Hamid Malekzadeh
1 min ago
Sorry, we don’t do literary criticism here. But the short story is that read like PoMo ... which infamously has multiple interpretations.
– Dan Bron
12 mins ago
Sorry, we don’t do literary criticism here. But the short story is that read like PoMo ... which infamously has multiple interpretations.
– Dan Bron
12 mins ago
I am not looking for criticism or something like that. I am translating a book from English. I just can not understand the meaning of"to become the wall off which the ball can bounce". is it an Idiom if yes what it means?
– Hamid Malekzadeh
7 mins ago
I am not looking for criticism or something like that. I am translating a book from English. I just can not understand the meaning of"to become the wall off which the ball can bounce". is it an Idiom if yes what it means?
– Hamid Malekzadeh
7 mins ago
Sorry, “literary criticism” means “interpretation of a text”, not “a critique of a text”. But if you’re just wondering about the “wall” part: no, it’s not an idiom, it’s just a metaphor: picture a wall. Now picture throwing a rubber ball against the wall. It bounces off. Every time you throw the ball, it bounces off the wall. It must. So in that thing you’re asking about, “the primal You” is the wall, and something else is the ball, and the ball bounces off the wall. I know that’s not totally helpful, but anything more becomes interpretation... of a messy text.
– Dan Bron
4 mins ago
Sorry, “literary criticism” means “interpretation of a text”, not “a critique of a text”. But if you’re just wondering about the “wall” part: no, it’s not an idiom, it’s just a metaphor: picture a wall. Now picture throwing a rubber ball against the wall. It bounces off. Every time you throw the ball, it bounces off the wall. It must. So in that thing you’re asking about, “the primal You” is the wall, and something else is the ball, and the ball bounces off the wall. I know that’s not totally helpful, but anything more becomes interpretation... of a messy text.
– Dan Bron
4 mins ago
I am not familiar with such idiom. The meaning must be derived by context, which you have not supplied. As it is, it mean simply that this "primal You" becomes a wall. What kind of wall? A wall off which the ball can bounce. What ball? Your snippet does not say.
– michael.hor257k
2 mins ago
I am not familiar with such idiom. The meaning must be derived by context, which you have not supplied. As it is, it mean simply that this "primal You" becomes a wall. What kind of wall? A wall off which the ball can bounce. What ball? Your snippet does not say.
– michael.hor257k
2 mins ago
thank you guys; this is the full paragraph:Instinct, then, solves the problem of foundation. If we maintain that there is an instinctual presence of the Other as "primal You," then pairing can take place. This "primal You" becomes the wall off which the ball can bounce, the subject to which paired qualities can stick, the framework on which the full-fledged Other will be built. Consequently, the infant comes with a built-in awareness of the Other at a very basic level, and this makes possible the success of the pairing relation and the infant's inevitable achievement of Egohood.
– Hamid Malekzadeh
1 min ago
thank you guys; this is the full paragraph:Instinct, then, solves the problem of foundation. If we maintain that there is an instinctual presence of the Other as "primal You," then pairing can take place. This "primal You" becomes the wall off which the ball can bounce, the subject to which paired qualities can stick, the framework on which the full-fledged Other will be built. Consequently, the infant comes with a built-in awareness of the Other at a very basic level, and this makes possible the success of the pairing relation and the infant's inevitable achievement of Egohood.
– Hamid Malekzadeh
1 min ago
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Sorry, we don’t do literary criticism here. But the short story is that read like PoMo ... which infamously has multiple interpretations.
– Dan Bron
12 mins ago
I am not looking for criticism or something like that. I am translating a book from English. I just can not understand the meaning of"to become the wall off which the ball can bounce". is it an Idiom if yes what it means?
– Hamid Malekzadeh
7 mins ago
Sorry, “literary criticism” means “interpretation of a text”, not “a critique of a text”. But if you’re just wondering about the “wall” part: no, it’s not an idiom, it’s just a metaphor: picture a wall. Now picture throwing a rubber ball against the wall. It bounces off. Every time you throw the ball, it bounces off the wall. It must. So in that thing you’re asking about, “the primal You” is the wall, and something else is the ball, and the ball bounces off the wall. I know that’s not totally helpful, but anything more becomes interpretation... of a messy text.
– Dan Bron
4 mins ago
I am not familiar with such idiom. The meaning must be derived by context, which you have not supplied. As it is, it mean simply that this "primal You" becomes a wall. What kind of wall? A wall off which the ball can bounce. What ball? Your snippet does not say.
– michael.hor257k
2 mins ago
thank you guys; this is the full paragraph:Instinct, then, solves the problem of foundation. If we maintain that there is an instinctual presence of the Other as "primal You," then pairing can take place. This "primal You" becomes the wall off which the ball can bounce, the subject to which paired qualities can stick, the framework on which the full-fledged Other will be built. Consequently, the infant comes with a built-in awareness of the Other at a very basic level, and this makes possible the success of the pairing relation and the infant's inevitable achievement of Egohood.
– Hamid Malekzadeh
1 min ago