Texts analysis

The Blessed City

 

In my youth I was told that in a certain city every one lived according to the Scriptures. he did not want that and wanted to find the city and the blessing of same so hard he traveled forty days. I arrive in a city where people had only one eye and one hand. These were also people who had asumbrados by his two hands and two eyes. The I ask if it was a holy city, where the man lived according to the scriptures and they replied that if it was a city. He also asked them for their right eyes and right hands to the people and all the people said, simply enter your and see. And they took him to the temple was left to the middle of the city and temple were a lot of hands and eyes. All marchitados.el cueldad wonder who did that, but the people did read a script that was on an altar and said: "If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee;. Because it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off and cast it from thee: it is better for you that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell ".Then weeping and realized that no one in that city did not have two eyes and hands. And they answered me saying, "No, not one. There is none whole save such as are yet too young to read the Scripture and to understand its commandment."And when we had come out of the temple, I straightway left that Blessed City; for I was not too young, and I could read the scripture.

 

1.-Paraphrase the text shortly. 

 

This story was about a blessed city where every citizen had only one eye and one hand. This was because they prefer to cut one hand if it offended, and one eye if it offended, too. They were guided by Scripture.

 

2.- Which appoach do this text correspond to?

 

This text correspond to The Expresive theory, because the author refers to the religious beliefs that people have and how some people live the christianity in a very literal way.

 

3.-What is the connotative senses of the text ? 

 

The connotative meaning is that many people permit to be guided by some erroneous or misunderstood beliefs. 

 

The Wise King

 

There was a time in the distant city of Wirani, a king who ruled his subjects with as much power as wisdom. And he feared for his power, and they loved him for his wisdom.

There was also the heart of the city a well of cool, clear water of drinking all  inhabitants, even the king and his courtiers, he was the only well in the city. One night when all was quiet, a witch entered the city and poisoned the water and said :"From now on, who drinks this water will go crazy”. The next morning, everyone in the kingdom, except the king and his lord chamberlain, drank from well and went wild as the witch had foretold. And that day, the streets and in the market, people did nothing but whisper: "The king is mad. Our king and his lord chamberlain lost their reason. We can not allow ourselves ruled by a mad king, we must dethrone him. That night, the king ordered them to fill with water from the well a golden cup. And when the carried, the sovereign and eagerly drank the cup to his lord chamberlain, that would drink. And there was great rejoicing in the distant city of Wirani, because the king and the Grand Chamberlain had regained his reason.