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how was ernest different from others in the valley? |
honest was unlike other communities in the valley. he was a good, simple hearted, noble and thoughtful person. he had been observant and did not go with the crowd. he welcomed total strangers as the prophets. |
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why did ernest thing the poet was like the stone face? |
the poet wrote wonderful songs. he had celebrated the great stone gave in one of his poems. when ernest read this peon he became convinced thay the poet was the great stone face. |
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what did the poet himself day about his thoughts and poems |
the poet confessed that he was not worthy of being compared with the great stone face. his actions did not match his thoughts. |
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what made the poet proclaim ernest was the stone face? |
ernest and the poet's together went to a meeting place. ernest addressed the gathering. his words had power and his thoughts had depth. they were the words of life, a life of good deeds and altruistic love. the poet was convinced that ernest was much nobler than him ernest's face had such a grand expression that he declared that ernest bore the likeness of the great stone face. |
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how did ernest feel when people hailed him as the likeness of the stone face? |
ernest was truly noble and humble. his deeds matched with his thoughts. he recieved the poet warmly. for a whole he thought the writer of those poems was truly the greatest and wisest person. the 0oet and the people ultimately hailed him as the man with the likeness of the stone face. But, ernest did not agree with them. he kept hoping that a wiser and better man tha. himself would appear to make the prophecy true. |
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describe in brief ernest's reaction on three occasions when gathergold, general blood-and-thunder, and the poet came to the valley. |
The inhabitants of the valley believed the story that one day a man bearing resemblance to the stone face would come there. The first one to arrive was a rich merchant named Gathergold.The people were greatly excited, but ernest noticed no resemblance between Gathergold's face and that of the Stone face. Likewise he did not agree with the people who welcomed General Blood- and- Thunder as the greatest man. But Ernest almost believed that the post was the person he had been waiting for. But again he was dissapointd in fact, Ernest by himself was accepted as the Prophet. |
