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Jiamin Bao
June 21, 2007
Timed-writing three
Directions: In Dead Men’s Path the priest says “let the hawk perch and let the eagle perch.” Discuss what you think he means and what this saying reveals about him.
What the priest means is that all the things (including conception, belief, and practice and so on) own the equal right to exist in the society. Although hawk and eagle are two different species, both of them should own the right to perch. In Dead Men’s Path, after the conflict between cultures appears, the priest uses the saying to tell the principal that the practice of local citizen should also own the right to exist no matter how advanced the culture of the principal might be. “Let the hawk perch and let the eagle perch” .Therefore, let the local practice exist and let what you advocate exist. That is what the priest means.
The saying reveals that the priest is a wise, tolerant person who owns the indiscriminate love. Firstly, the priest is a wise man because of the profound meaning of the saying. He does not express his meaning directly which may cause the situation more intense. The saying alone can stand for what he means and make the principal to consider about his behavior. Secondly, the priest is a quite tolerant person according to the saying. In many cases, it is not easy for a person to accept the existence of the things which he does not agree or understand. In the history, we can find thousands of examples like this. Galileo was executed by the religion because of people’s not understanding of him. The name of list in this kind can be extremely long. Therefore, it is very precious for the priest to possess the precious inner quality, tolerance. Although he may not agree the conception of the principal, he can bear the principal’s action. The priest is also a person who owns the indiscriminate love. Because of the indiscriminate love towards the entire creature in the world, he can be so tolerant to accept the existence of so many things which he do not agree or understand. He owns the indiscriminate love. So there is no difference between hawk and eagle in his eye, both of them own the equal right to perch. The indiscriminate love makes him become tolerant and tranquil. Therefore, he can deal with problems at a higher view which is more fair and rational.
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