Question

Although the hunter's instinct was UN his very blood and bones such loneliness had come into his life since the day Miriam had gone away that now forgetting his sport he would become lost in the admiration of the green cornfield.What does this line mean?

Answer 1

these lines are describe the change in Ali's outlook on life after his separation from his only beloved daughter,Miriam.before the separation,Ali was a British man who ate opium,and hunted hares and partridges,his heart was insensitive to higher things of life such as love,care,appreciation of beauty of life, sorrow,etc. however , his daughters sudden elopement left him forlorn and lonely, he was transformed , he gave up hunting; and now he would ponder over the highest aspects of life. he would often reflect on beauty of nature, he would feel the subtle love that was spread over. he became sensitive between the patridge and its clutch

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