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analyzing cognates in a text
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uncle bruno was visiting us from germany. on his first which word provides a clue to the meaning of
morning with us, we had already cleared the breakfast kabinetts?
dishes by the time he came into the kitchen. so he
began searching for something to eat. "there is nothing
which consecutive letters does apfel share with its
good in any of these kabinetts! " he complained. finally,
english cognate? v
he picked through the bowl of fruit on the kitchen table." which phrase provides a clue to the meaning of
guess i'll have an apfel," he said. then he leaned back in fieber?
his chair and put his hand on his forehead. "i think i have what
what is the english cognate for fieber?
a fieber. i'm going back to bed! "
"this is going to be a long visit," my mom whispered to
me with a wink

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

a few things can be inferred from the excerpt. one thing is the fact the husband and his partner are so comfortable/intimate with each other they don't feel the need to use proper english with one another. another thing is the character has a different relationship with their mother than they do with the husband.