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 meets Laurel coincidently after he sees her through a shop window. Gerard and Laurel are former partners, but the relationship ended when Gerard had to proclaim that he had made another woman pregnant while they were still dating. Gerard has Lucy with Issy, and after
Issy moves to Los Angeles to fulfill her dreams about being a Hollywood actress, Gerard takes the responsibility of raising Lucy on his own. Four years after Issy went to Los Angeles she was found dead in a pool, possibly after a suicide as she had taken her time to write Gerard’s name as her next of kin.
Gerard lives what could be conceived as a boring and regrettable life, with the exception of his daughter; Lucy. Lucy is Gerard’s light of the day. “Gerard feels a stabbing love for his daughter”
[l.18], “She’s wonderful, just wonderful” [l.78], “I love you” [l.165]; in this short story we’re constantly reminded of Gerard’s endless love for his daughter, and it is clear that she is the light of his seemingly else uninteresting life. We, as readers, are never told which profession Gerard is in, nothing about his parents or childhood so none of it must important or interesting. Another reason that one can conclude that Gerard finds his life unimportant is his perception of his footprints and breath. “Gerard thinks of his own footprints and how soon they will disappear. He exhales into the world and his breath disappears” [l.7]. The fact that he is noticing, and reflecting on his footsteps and breath disappearing, tells us something about how he perceives his own existence. He does not think of himself as anyone who is going to make an impression or leave a permanent change for anyone. Everything he does, and even the proof of his very existence (the breath and the footsteps), simply disappears behind him.
The first part of the story, before he meets Laurel is filled with a depressing mood, as it is snowing and he is walking alone in the streets, pondering about his insignificant existence. (The only
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12. oktober 2012 Af IsabellaFF
Wow, hvordan er du blevet så god til engelsk? :) Hvis jeg må spørge - du må have et eller andet trick. :D
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24. november 2011 Af benjaminpetersen
Fantastisk essay. Fortjent 12-tal.

Grunden til at forrige kommentar, tror at du kobler det med Helligtrekongersdag, kunne være fordi at ordet "epiphany" både kan oversættes til førnævnte, men også betyde en slags åbenbaring. (Sudden realization)

Men igen, super essay :)
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01. januar 1 Af Longarm
Tak Benjamin,
- og skarpt observeret! Nu giver det mere mening. :)

God weekend!

* Kommentar #3
28. august 2011 Af Fiierne
Virkelig flot essay.
Noget jeg ikke helt fanger er hvordan du kobler det sammen med Helligtrekongersdag?
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01. januar 1 Af Longarm
Hvorfor skulle jeg det? :)
Det må være en ekstra opgave i er blevet stillet :)

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17. juni 2011 Af backus
Et virkeligt velskrevet og rammende essay.
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