Save as Many as You Ruin In this short story called “Save as Many as You Ruin” by Van Booy we are introduced to Gerard‚ who works in an office. He appears to the reader as likeable man and the story begins one day as he gets off work. He walks down the street thinking about what the area was like before the big city of Manhattan was constructed. The footprints in the snow remind him of how everything will disappear. He breathes out just to see his breath disappear‚ and thinks of a Rainer M. Rilke
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her view of nothingness in the world. Some external conflicts are her and her mother’s relationship‚ and her trusting in Manley Pointer yet him leaving her legless and visionless in the barn. What is the climax of the story? (note: the climax is the most exciting and emotional point of a story; it usually occurs near the end) The climax to the story is whenever Manley and Joy were in the barn and he takes her fake leg and glasses. What happens during the resolution of the story? Joy is
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Fairclough) Telephone conversation on October 28‚ 2009 History of Radio Jamaica Ltd Franchise and Licence Granted this Company in 1949. 1955 Manley‚ Michael Arawak Publications‚ 2002 Sherlock‚ Phillip and Bennett‚ Hazel [ 4 ]. Stanley Baran‚ Introduction to Mass Communication Media Literacy and Culture‚ (Mew York: McGraw-Hill‚ 2002) p. 379 [ 5 ] [ 10 ]. Michael Manley‚ A Voice at the Workplace‚ (London: Andre Deutsch Ltd‚ 1975) p. 44-45 [ 11 ]
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and interpretation by Simone Weilborg The British author Simon Van Booy wrote ‘Save as many as you ruin’ in 2007. The short story is about Gerard‚ approximately in his 40’s. He has a daughter Lucy‚ a job and lives in New York City. His profession is not given‚ but I assume his job takes a great deal of time since he has a nanny for his daughter. Gerard is handsome and likes to sleep with women: ‘He has slept with many women. Most knew he would never love them‚ so they kept a distance‚ sparing
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How are you finding it?" - takes interest in how Gerard is feeling. "You’ve already taken the role of ’Poor Me’..." - she subtly implies that that he shouldn’t feel sorry for himself and that he should fight. · Page 39: "I think you know. But I’m not quite sure why’re being so coy about it." - she knows that Gerard is aware that he can appeal - senses that he is possibly hiding something‚ which is preventing him to appeal. After realising that Gerard is beginning to take a liking towards her‚ it seems
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short story written by Simon Van Booy. The main character Gerard‚ philosophizes about these existential questions throughout the short story‚ in his search for the meaning of his existence. Gerard is a handsome man‚ probably in his thirties or forties‚ and is the father of eight-year-old Lucy. We are not informed of his profession‚ but know that they live in Manhattan. Through flashbacks and his thoughts‚ we get the understanding that Gerard is missing something in his life: “He has slept with many
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it up. Gerard is a man in his late 30’s who one day runs into his ex-girlfriend Laurel and has dinner with her‚ and afterward walks home with her. She is the only woman whom he has ever loved‚ but when they used to date he had sex with another woman‚ Issy‚ and she got pregnant. Laurel breaks off their relationship‚ and when Gerard’s daughter‚ Lucy‚ is six months old‚ Issy leaves them and is found dead four years later. Now he lives alone with Lucy who is now eight years old‚ and when Gerard comes
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a theme. All three stories‚ although very different in many ways‚ have in them a common type of individual; that being a person who is either deceiving another whether intentional or not. “Good Country People” In “Good Country People‚” Manley Pointer appears to be a young misperceived country boy who sells bibles‚ but this is an illusion of appearance versus reality. Pointer is so heavily weighted down by his suitcase that he is lopsided and has to “brace himself to prevent collapsing”
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and 19th century paintings. Two such paintings are “The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis” by Jacques Louis David‚ 1818; and “Belisarius” by Francois Gerard‚ 1797. Both of these paintings are extremely refined oil paintings‚ and both are representational figurative paintings‚ each with two figures. In these two paintings David and Gerard were able to portray distinct moods through the use of color‚ shape‚ composition and technique. Both painting are representational idealized neo-classical
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to an understanding of the causes and the ramifications of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico (Biencke and Gerard‚ 2010). There was an assumption that an oil spill was impossible by their existing plans. Because the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ it has been evident that they still do not know how to protect the communities and the coastlines adequately (Biencke and Gerard‚ 2010). The oil companies should have concrete ideas on how to prevent oil spills already active‚ but as we can see
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