Regina H Jeong (3rd)

 

In the context of extract from TB's political memoirs, what is meant by the proverbial dog with a bone?

 

Given the extract from TB's political memoirs, Blair described the encounter with his pupil master, Derry Irvine, as the one that changed his life and the time his views began to shift. From Derry, Blair learned how to think not in a manual way but in a real way. Thought that reaches from analyzing, dissecting a problem from first principles, and having deconstructed it to constructing a solution. In this manner, he learned how to drill down a matter to the answer. Other than mentioning Derry's excellence at work, Blair even compared him to the proverbial dog with a bone. 'Faced with a legal problem, Derry wouldn't stop or reflect until he had got every bit of meat there was off it, had extracted its essence and mastered it.' In order to finish the last piece of meat with a bone, a dog would exam his one first, gnaw away next, turn it over at times, even stare, lick, and finally bury it when he has finished. The dog's acts to finish off his bone could be applied as a way of access to many problems sometimes. By examining matters first, looking at them with the different angles next, turning them over at times, doing diverse tryouts when they needs, we can get clues from unexpected angles or grasp the facts about the problems in an entirely different way.

 

 

 

Sorry for its late, I will try harder to finish early for the next time.

Thanks.

 

 

Regards,

Regina