As I see it, the official function of this simile is to give us a sense of the size of Satan's shield and thereby to give us a sense of the size of Satan himself.

在我看来，这个比喻的正式的作用,是要给我们展现出撒旦的屏障的规模,因此来展现撒旦自身的伟岸。

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That is to say, the text is there to express desire, to put in motion, and to make manifest desire or a desire.

也就是说，文本就是用来表现内心真正的欲望，用一种动态的方式来展现愿望的。

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And then, I had all these dots moving around this beautiful picture of this map, which represented downtown St. Louis and then later represented New York City, which I was amazed by.

接着我让这些点在这张,漂亮的地图上动来动去，让它们展现出圣路易斯市中心的景象,之后表示出了纽约城，这让我很惊奇。

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