An analysis of Save as Many as You Ruin by Simon Van Booy Whatever we do‚ we leave traces. An infuriated comment to a stranger can be the last straw that breaks the camel’s bag. A gathering you were not supposed to come to can make you meet the love of your life. And the choice of infidelity can bring a child to life. Every little action has incalculable consequences‚ which we are rarely able to see through. Everything we do and everywhere we go‚ we leave footprints that we are not
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Machado 1 Robert Machado Professor Santillana WMNST 113 15 September 2012 Advantage to Some‚ Disadvantaged to Many White privileges are natural advantages shared exclusively by the White community. To identify common White privileges‚ Peggy McIntosh constructed a list of various White privileges she was granted for simply being White. Benefits included the peace of mind while shopping alone‚ seeing her race widely represented in various forms of media‚ and access to superior housings and locations
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Save as Many as You Ruin Save as many as you ruin is a short story by Simon Van Booy. The short story I characterized by the story line is focused on a short period of time for example is save as many as you ruin only focused on one single day with the exceptions of the flashbacks. Is also mainly focused on a little amount of people‚ which also is the coincidence in this short story. The location of the story and the main character is cold winter day in Manhattan. Our main character is Gerard and
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“How many miles to Babylon?” Alec Moore - Narrator Frederick Moore - Father to Alec Mrs. Moore - Mother to Alec Jerry Crowe - Friend to Alec Mrs. Crowe - Mother to Jerry Major Glendinning - Commending Officer to Jerry and Alec in the army. General Points - § Main Theme: Love vs. Hatred § Reflects different stages of Narrator Development - There’s a continuous stream of consciousness‚ no chapters § Ireland § France § Love - of country - passionless love of duty - of power and wealth
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you gained through the study of the theme of the journey? The novel how many miles to Babylon by Jennifer Johnson highlights Alec Moore’s tragic journey. We see his journey true childhood to adulthood. Interestingly‚ the novel begins at the end of Alec’s journey as he waits execution “because I am no officer & a gentlemen they have given me my notebook‚ ink‚ pen‚ paper” and comes full circle. Immediately we wonder how Alec someone so high up in the war is being executed‚ then as we read on
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The Many Attributes of Don Quixote In the story of Don Quixote‚ written by Miguel de Cervantes‚ a vivid picture is painted of a mentally unstable man on a journey‚ in his mind‚ that is very real and full of heroic adventures. This popular piece of literature was written to mock and satirize chivalry from the medieval time period. Don Quixote and his travel partner‚ Sancho Panza‚ are very different in their ways of thinking. While Quixote is free-spirited and full of unrealistic fantasies‚ Sancho
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Save as many as you ruin Sometimes one’s life is not what it was expected to be. Sometimes one makes the right choices‚ sometimes the wrong choices. At the end of the day‚ everyone just wants their lives to make sense and to leave one’s stamp on the world. “Save as many as you ruin” is a 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
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In the case study “Too Many Deer‚” members of the local scientific community and residents of the area came together to find a solution to the increasing deer population in Wesselman Woods. In accord to town hall tradition a diverse number of people put forth a variety of ideas. Finding the best idea for controlling the deer population ultimately relied more heavily on the values of individuals in the community. Some put forth straightforward solutions such as luring the herd to one place and shooting
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There are many different reasons why people of all ages‚ race‚ and sex get cosmetic surgery today. The majority of people in today’s society get it done because they want to enhance their personal appearance. There are many types of surgeries performed today that are used to boost self-confidence such as‚ breast augmentation‚ rhinoplasty‚ liposuction‚ Botox‚ and other implants. There is a wide variety of surgeries out there that can change anything you want modified about yourself. As people get
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| | John Latouche Chapter 1 Summary for The Many Headed Hydra The chapter tells the story of the wreckage of the Sea-Venture off Bermuda in 1609. The people of the shipped was welcomed by a land that contains both water and abundant of food. Being that they were suppose to be new reinforcements for the plantation for the Virginia Company‚ they decided that they will disregard the command from the company and create a settlement of their own because of the riches that Bermuda contains
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