Tuesday, June 19, 2007

ASSIGNMENT#10(B)

Question-8
Consider this passage from Brians Hunt:

He had the bow, a laminat straight, almost a long bow, that pulled forty-five pounds at twenty-six inches draw.

In this case, what is "draw" and what does "pounds" refer to here?

Answer-8
"draw" refers to the length of the bow.The word pounds refer to the measurement which is, with the longbow, he will be able to pull forty-five pounds weight items.

REVISED ANSWER-8
In this sentence "draw" refers to the lengthen of the bow and "pounds" refers that the bow can pluck or tear an animal which is almost forty-five pounds.

2 comments:

chinyin said...

I think“draw” refers to the string with a pulling movement and the “pounds” refers to the weight of power when Brian pulled the bow.

YingYang said...

I think that the “draw” refers to the length that he pulls from the bow and the “pound” refers to the force of his strength that he has on the bow. (I am not really sure, if anything wrong; please let me know). ^-^