Question

The sixteenth-century clergyman and poet John Donne wrote, "No man is an island, entire of itself..." In one or two complete sentences, explain what this means, and relate it to the lesson.

Answer 1

Answer: "No man is an island, entire of itself...", the author means that humans aren't meant to be alone and that they depend on interacting with others because everyone always needs help with something. So you can't be the best version of yourself or country without socializing with others. That's why Nations alway trade with each other.

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Answer 2

Answer: By writing that "No man is an island, entire of itself...", the author means that humans aren't meant to be isolated (like an island itself), an that they depend on social relations for survival and social purposes.

Explanation: It's easy to see that the author criticizes the concept of isolation, because on the next lines of the same poem, he says "Every man is a piece of a continent, a part of the main", which, again, states that every man depend on each other and must mingle in order to be empathetic.