Hello! I had to read a novel and do a work about it
I told what I read
Can you above all correct me the tenses?
The narrator, an old banker, was remembering how, fifteen years before he had given a party. There had been many clever men, they had talked of capital punishment. The majority of the guests had disapproved of the death penalty. In the opinion of some of them, the death penalty ought to be replaced by imprisonment for life. The narrator had prefered being killed in a few minutes to drag the life out of himself in the course of many years. However a young lawyer had not agreed with him, he had tought that to live anyhow had been better than not at all. Then, the narrator their host had been carried away by excitement, he would bet him two millions he wouldn't stay in solitary confinement for five years. The young man took the bet but he would stay not five but fifteen years. The narrator made fun of him. And now the banker remembered all this and he asked himself if it could prove that the death penalty was better or worse than imprisonment for life. It have been nonsensical. After that it had been decided that the young man should spend the years of captivity in one of the lodges in the banker's garden. He should not to be free to see human beeings, to hear the human voice , or to receive letters and newspapers. For the first year of his confinement, he had suffered from loneliness and depression. Day and night, he used to play the piano. In the second year, he had only read books. In the fifth year,
he had began to drink some wine. More than once, he could be heard crying. During many years, he had studied the languages, philosophy and history. In the last years, he had read the gospels and Shakespeare. The old banker remebered all this, the next day at twelwe o'clock the young man would regain his freedom. Falling in his investments, the self-confindent millionnaire became a banker of middling rank. If he would pay him, he should be utterly ruined and the disgrace was the death of that man. So, during the last night, he visited the young man in the lodge. The skeleton man was sleeping,, the narrator took a letter from his desk. In that letter, the young man told God that he despised his world because all would be worthless, illusory and deceptive.
Then, he renounced the two millions of which he had dreamed as of paradise. He should go out five hours before the time fixed. Next morning, it was true, he had disappear.
please? If you want I can help you on or in french( i'm) and spanish
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***Can you correct me the tenses?***
Sure! I can help you correct the tenses in your paragraph. Here's the corrected version:
The narrator, an old banker, was remembering how, fifteen years before, he had given a party. There were many clever men, and they talked about capital punishment. The majority of the guests disapproved of the death penalty. Some of them believed that the death penalty should be replaced by imprisonment for life. The narrator preferred being killed in a few minutes to dragging out his life for many years. However, a young lawyer did not agree with him. He thought that it was better to live in any way than not at all. Then, the narrator, their host, got carried away by excitement and bet him two million dollars that he wouldn't stay in solitary confinement for five years. The young man took the bet but ended up staying not for five, but for fifteen years. The narrator made fun of him.
Now, the banker remembers all of this and asks himself if it proves whether the death penalty is better or worse than imprisonment for life. It had been nonsensical. After that, it was decided that the young man would spend the years of his captivity in one of the lodges in the banker's garden. He would not be allowed to see other human beings, hear human voices, or receive letters and newspapers. In the first year of his confinement, he suffered from loneliness and depression. Day and night, he used to play the piano. In the second year, he only read books. In the fifth year, he started drinking wine. More than once, he could be heard crying. Over the years, he studied languages, philosophy, and history. In the last years, he read the gospels and Shakespeare.
The old banker remembers all of this, knowing that the next day at twelve o'clock, the young man would regain his freedom. Due to his failing investments, the once self-confident millionaire became a banker of middling rank. If he were to pay the two million dollars, he would be utterly ruined, and the disgrace would be the death of that man. So, during the last night, he visited the young man in the lodge. The emaciated man was sleeping. The narrator took a letter from his desk. In the letter, the young man told God that he despised the world because he believed it to be worthless, illusory, and deceptive.
Then, he renounced the two million dollars that he had dreamed about as if it were paradise. He would leave five hours before the agreed time. The next morning, it was true, he had disappeared.