Jonah was not at all keen on going to Nineveh, because the Assyrians were the enemies of the Israelites. He knew that they were cruel and merciless.

约拿书根本不想去尼尼微，因为亚述人是以色列人的敌人。他知道他们是狠毒和残忍的。

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He was unable to change the cruel and merciless reality , then he had to resort to caring about the individual's life and spiritual question , and pursued the freedom of individual's spirit finally .

他生活在动荡不安的春秋战国时代，由于无力改变残酷无情的现实社会，而转向关心个体存在的生命及精神问题，并最终归结于对个体精神自由的追求。

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However, to die in such a way seems cruel to the extreme and the overriding impression left is of a merciless, greedy Jess.

但是，这样的死法却似乎是残忍到了极点，而小说给人留下的最深印象就是那个无情、贪婪的杰斯了。

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