"Save as many as you ruin" Jeppe Midtiby 3En/v Sometimes we do whatever makes us happy, even though it might be rather selfish and might have a consequence for our dearest. This exact scenario is shown in the short story; "Save as many as you ruin" by Simon Van Booy. The story takes place in New York, and even more precise; in a snowy Manhattan. We follow Gerard who is an alone-father with his eight year old daughter Lucy. Gerard loves Lucy as much as a father can love his child. Gerard has
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Save as many as you ruin To live is to choose. We all create our lives through decisions, and sometimes, our decisions leave footprints in other people’s lives, too. Making a choice every now and then is difficult but necessary because it makes us who we are, and sometimes we make a wrong choice that can seem both irreversible and fatal to your life. If you are lucky, you will one day have the opportunity to save what you have previously ruined because of wrong choices. This is an opportunity
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Save as many as you ruin Simon Van Booy One thing we 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
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Essay on Simon Van Booy´s "Save as Many as You ruin" by Sune Espersen. The main character in the short story is Gerard, he is living in Manhattan and has an eight-year-old daughter named Lucy. He must have been growing up in England as it is mentioned that his prep school was English. Gerard is a handsome man, probably between 30 and 40 years. Gerard is a single father, Lucy's mother Issy left them when Lucy was very young and she went to Los Angeles to become an actor. Lucy´s mother Issy died
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2014 “Pocahontas to Her English Husband”, tone was convincing that Pocahontas felt proud that she was able to save her husband life, but the reader seen a level of resentment for the many times that she was able to save her husband. The reader can sense a thing of anger in the beginning. “And how many times did I pluck you / from certain death in the wilderness / my world through which you stumbled as though blind”, (“Allen” 4-7). This displays a tone of maternal disregard and irritation of a younger
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At the beginning, monsters broke in through the wall he built, and Steve ran from the village to find some diamond so that he could make a diamond sword to defend his village. Steve faced griefers (a person who harasses players in an online game to ruin their enjoyment.) who tried to kill him and take his resources. He resolved this problem by killing them (in Minecraft everyone respawns.). To be honest, I would probably react and do the same thing Steve did, run or fight. From what the book is based
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Disaster come in many forms. A natural disaster range from volcanic eruption to tropical storm. A natural disaster can occur anytime in any part of the world by the environmental factor that can strike anywhere without any warning. In any natural disaster it’s the people who can only help themselves. A disaster can be from volcanic eruption, earthquakes and even from the forest fire. We don’t know when any form of disaster hits us. Earthquakes can cause mass destruction and ruin everything in its
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Have you ever told a lie? Has that lie caused even more trouble than if you would have just told the truth? When people lie in a situation, it stirs up the commotion. The story becomes more complicated, and will most likely get someone innocent in trouble. This is what happened in The Crucible when Abagail lied in court about the affair to save herself from trouble. Unlike Abagail’s false statements, John Proctor tells the truth in trial because he would rather say the truth then lie about the situation
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works of the famous playwright, Arthur Miller. Respect and reputation is a widely dispersed theme throughout The Crucible. Its many different occurrences that are displayed from start to finish of this play, make this specific theme one of the most important. In The Crucible, the idea of one’s reputation and their social standings swayed the thoughts and actions of many individuals. When the witchcraft accusation was brought about in Salem, “it was the ideas of reputation that determined whether
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Save as Many as You Ruin Every once in a while, people make life-changing mistakes; mistakes that can seem irreversible and absolutely fatal to your life. But in some cases, fate might just reach out and bless them with another chance. These are the cases where the involved can live through a religious experience and have the opportunity to save what they’ve previously ruined. Gerard is a handsome man from New York, who is approximately 40 years old. The turning point in the story is when Gerard
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