the main character‚ Gerard. Gerard has experienced a lot through his life‚ and although a lot of his memories are bad he keeps them within and remembers them. Gerard has only felt love for one woman in his life‚ although he has been to bed with many. The reason for him sleeping with so many women‚ but only really feeling love for one‚ could be him being promiscuous. When he finds a women whom he actually loves he still feels this urge and lust to be with other women. “Gerard vaguely remembers the
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Periods of English Literature. For convenience of discussion‚ historians divide the continuity of English literature into segments of time that are called "periods." The exact number‚ dates‚ and names of these periods vary‚but the list below conforms to widespread practice. The list is followed by a brief comment on each period‚ in chronological order. 450-1066 Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period 1066-1500 Middle English Period 1500-1660 The Renaissance (or Early Modern) 1558-1603 Elizabethan
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Ethnopharm. 35:263-266‚ 1992. Thompson‚ R. Campbell. The Assyrian Herbal. Luzac and Co.‚ London. 1924. Souter‚ Alexander. A Glossary of Later Latin. Clarendon Press‚ Oxford. 1996. Oxford English Dictionary. 12 Vol. Clarendon Press‚ Oxford. 1933. p. 768 Gerard‚ John. The Herbal. (1597). Revised edition by Thomas Johnson‚ 1633. Reprintof 1633 edition‚ Dover Publications‚ Inc.‚ New York. 1975. Debus‚ Allen G. The Chemical Philosophy. (1977). Reprint‚ Dover Publications‚ Inc.Mineola‚ N.Y. 2002. Turner‚ William
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all have in common is that we make mistakes and regret them. That is what happened to Gerard when he met the only woman he had ever loved after eight years apart. But sometimes the mistakes we make‚ end up turning around and by a religious experience‚ faith gives us a second chance. The magic‚ realism short story‘ Save as many as you ruin’ by Simon Van Booy starts with in medias res composition. ”By the time Gerard leaves the office it has stopped snowing”.1 Afterwards the short story continues in
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Van Booy’s short-story “Save as Many as You Ruin”‚ we are introduced to a man named Gerard. Gerard is a handsome‚ middle aged guy‚ just around 40 years old‚ who has an eight years old daughter named Lucy. Lucy is the result of Gerard’s affair with Issy. He was cheating on his wife‚ Laurel‚ and when he wanted to leave Issy and stop the affair‚ it was too late. She had become pregnant and carried the child of Gerard. Therefore he told about the whole thing to Laurel who later ended their relationship
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The short story is written by Simon Van Booy and a part of my analysis is focusing on the mood and the use of contrasts in the short story. In the text Gerard is mentioned as the main character‚ Gerard is the type of person who is afraid to be like anyone else‚ and he tries to make his life unusual because he does not want to blend in. Gerard is described in the text as handsome and he has slept with lots of women‚ he has a special relationship with to different women‚ the one mother to their child
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atheist. One day‚ Manley Pointer‚ the bible salesman‚ shows up to offer a bible and discuss his religious beliefs to Hulga and her mother. Hulga being atheist wants to see if she can seduce Manley and really test his true belief in religion (Oates). Manley’s character is perceived to be the sweet innocent christian but we soon find out he is a liar and a swindler. Taking Hulga’s leg and abandoning her is not normal at all. O’Connor really surprises the audience at this time because Manley was sought out
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Trade Union Development in Jamaica & Trinidad & Tobago Trade Unionism: Hugh W. Springer Trade Unionism is an instrument of social change and progress. It had to be invented because it is a necessary part of the apparatus of democratic government in modern industrial society. In the West Indies the Trade Union Movement came into existence as part of the larger movement for the freedom and independent nationhood. Economic Conditions that contributed to Discontentment in the Region
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will get a chance to make up for our past. That chance‚ is a chance given to Gerard‚ the main character‚ in Simon Van Booy’s short story Save as many as you ruin. The story focuses on Gerard’s’ life‚ and takes a look on his mind. How does he feel‚ and how does he think. In my paper‚ I am going to interpret and analyze the story‚ with a focus on the mood‚ and the use of contrasts throughout the story. The main character Gerard is a man‚ who is probably around 40 years old. He lives
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ruin: Keywords: Extraordinary: Gerard wonders if his life is different from anyone else? How his footprints are just a pair among all the others‚ or if they’re different from all the other people. Will his footsteps just disappear like the Indians‚ and will he just be one more man among 5 billion people? “Gerard thinks of his own footprints and how soon they will disappear. He exhales into the world and his breath disappears.” Distance: Gerard keeps himself from a distance to everyone
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