...Sorry for the Loss * by Bridget Keehan The novel “Sorry for the Loss” by Bridget Keehan is about a woman called Evie who is prison chaplain. In the text she is about to tell an inmate that a relative of his died. This is the first time she is going to do this. The text is about the expectations she has towards telling him the grim news and how people can surprise you. She had her expectations and maybe even prejudices going into that cell. By analyzing symbols and reactions in the novel, this essay will look deeper on the reaction of the inmate Victor. This essay will also look at Evie’s workplace and how she feels about her work. Last, it will look at some of the symbols in the text and how they are used to make us understand certain points in the text. Victor reacts differently than Evie expected because he understand his situation. Victor seems to care very little about his grandmother’s death. At least compared to what you would expect but there is one thing you need to understand. Victor is in for murder and has done 5 years. He will be doing a lot more years and there is no point in becoming soft now. He knows the rules in the prison. “Is there anything you’d like me to do? I can find out the time of the funeral if you like?” “I won’t be able to go though will I, Miss?” (p. 4 l. 140-141). He would like to go if he could but he knows that he cannot so he does not want to seem like he cares. Prison is tough and when you are behind bars for as long as a man with...
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...Sorry for the Loss “Sorry for the Loss” is a short story, written by English writer Bridget Keehan in 2008. It is written in third person, from the main character’s point of view. The main character is Evie, who works at a prison as a Catholic chaplain. The story starts in media res, with the sentence “Evie has to tell Victor his Nan is dead.” We get no background info about Evie or the prison; we just go straight into the story. As the title indicates, there is a loss in this story. The loss is an inmate’s (named Victor) Nan, who is dead. Victor is a young and good looking boy, and when Evie goes to his cell to tell him about his Nan, she immediately feels sorry for him. Compared to Evie, who is very religious, and likes to say prayers, whenever she has some spear time, Victor isn’t that into religion. Sure, he is a Catholic, but he is also interested in learning about other religions as well. The atmosphere in the prison intimidates Evie, and she doesn’t like to be there because of all the loud noises. She is a bit scared of the inmates, because she doesn’t understand how they can do such a thing, which has led them into prison. She has her religious morals, but they don’t. When Victor gets the news about his Nan’s death, he doesn’t seem to care. Instead he is looking at the pigeons flying around outside his window. They are politely making small talk, until Evie leaves. She doesn’t understand why he didn’t showed any emotions, when she told him about his Nan...
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...”Once you label me you negate me.” a quote by Søren Kierkegaard which is identical with ”Sorry for the loss” We’re introduced to a rough environment and in the beginning of the novel. We have a sterotypical image of a prisoner. We label them as criminal and killers. However, throughout the novel. We will gain a better understanding of people and how our stereotypes don’t match reality. written by Bridget Keehan starts in medias res. We’re thrown directly into the story. We follow a third person narrator with a restricted point of view. The narrator does not participate in the story, however, tells” Sorry for the Loss. It means that the narrator doesn’t have access to the thoughts of the other persons in the novel. Therefore, in this case, the narrator has a limited point of view. The narrator does only have access to the thoughts of Evie, who is a Catholic chaplain. Therefore, we don’t have access to the thought of Victor or the officer. If we had access Victors thought or the officers. We would have a bigger picture of the situation and their reaction to various subjects. The restricted point of view gives us as reader better understanding of Evie. We learn how Evie is as a person for an example. She says “Although she has been in the post for over a year she still finds the environment of a prison abrasive and intimidating” (P.1, L 18-19) Evie is the main character of the novel, she is characterized by the narrator as an inexperienced Chaplain since it’s her first...
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...English essay Bridget Keehan ”Sorry for the loss”, 2008 A butterfly is a free and a beautiful animal, which you can symbolize freedom and beauty. But some things can also have an evil and dark side. The yearning for freedom and the possibility of being together with family and friends when things happens appears in the short story “Sorry for the loss” by Bridget Keehan from 2008. In the short story we meet a chaplain named Evie and a young criminal named Victor Zamora. Evie has to tell Victor Zamora that his Nan died the day before on a hospital, but the meeting with Victor turns out to be a bit strange. Evie is a chaplain and she had worked in the prison for over a year, but she does not really like being there (p. 1, ll. 18-19). All the noises in the prison make her uncomfortable. When she has some time on her own, she uses the time to meditate and pray, because she is very religious. Evie is a very kind person, and she always try to under how the prisoners feel, when they are in there. At one time she even imagines Jesus being one of the prisoners (p.2, ll. 40-42), this shows us that Evie is a person who is very good at putting herself in other people’s situations. Because she is this nice person who is good at talking with people without judging on their past, makes her a very special person in a prison. But when she has to tell Victor about his Nan, she gets a bit scared, because she is nervous about his reaction, which also shows us that she is quite a fragile person...
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...Everyday all across the world babies get born and the elders are dying. That is just the natural circle of life In Bridget Keehan’s short story “Sorry for the loss” from 2008, we meet the chaplain Evie and the younger Victor who is a bit scandalous. The story starts off when Evie has to tell Victor that his Nam is dead, but the current situation turns out much different than what most would have expected. Evie is a prison chaplain who has worked in the prison for over a year even though she does not like the job very much nor the prison environment. All the noises as well as the prison atmosphere make her very uncomfortable. Evie is a very religious person and uses a lot of time to meditate and to pray. Evie seems to be always been one of the “good” girls who behave very properly and reads the Bible. Even though they in prisons have murders, rapists and so on she acts kind to everyone, and tries to put herself in the prisoners giving the situation. She even tries to imagine Jesus as being behind one of the cells, even though this seems rather odd it also tells us that Evie has a skill for putting herself in other people’s shoes. Furthermore, she also helps run the enhanced thinking skills. Generally Evie is a very kind and genuine person but when she has to tell Victor that his Nan is dead she gets scared because she don’t know how he will react. Evie is clearly a fairly fragile person but as mentioned before she is also a very loving and caring person. When Evie first...
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...Sorry for the Loss While a butterfly is free to spread its wings, many people suffer in captivity, and can only dream about the world outside. The yearning for freedom is depicted in Bridget Keehan´s short story: “Sorry for the Loss” from 2008. Every choice and action in life has a consequence, and sometimes we make choices with such severe consequences that they may change our future drastically, for the better and worse. People are quick to judge others for their wrongdoings, and are often so narrow-minded by their prejudice and stereotypes that the reason behind others wrongdoings becomes irrelevant matter. This is exact-ly the topic where Keehan takes at hand in the story, where the female prison chaplain Evie, con-fronts a young charming prisoner, condemned for murder, who reveals to be everything but what she had expected him to be. The story takes place in prison; however we are not given a name of the place or the location. There are hints that indicated that it´s somewhere in England, since a tearoom is mentioned, and tearooms are characteristic for England. The plot of the story proceeds chronologically and starts in medias res with no introduction as to where we are or whom we´re going to meet. This story has a 3rd person narrator with a restricted point of view also called limited omniscient, where the narrator doesn´t have full access to the thoughts of anybody but the main character, Evie. Keehan has chosen this point of view to make the reader...
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...Sorry for the Loss Most people – if not everyone – consciously or unconsciously form an opinion of someone else within the first few seconds of meeting them. Sometimes, these first impressions turn out to fit well with reality, and sometimes they couldn’t be further from the truth. “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is a saying known by most, commonly used to avoid these prejudices and the misjudging that often comes when giving too much importance to first-hand impressions. It is mostly used in a good way, when trying to convince people to give someone an extra chance and prove how there can be more to a person than what the eye reveals. Other times, however surprising, the case can be the opposite; someone giving off a positive first impression can turn out to be very unworthy of the good thoughts generated by it. ”Sorry for the Loss” is a short story written by Bridget Keehan. It was published in Eagle in the Maze – An Anthology of Stories from the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition 2008. In this short story, we are first introduced to a woman named Evie, who is the Catholic chaplain in a prison. She has to tell one of the prisoners, a young man named Victor Zamora, that his grandmother has passed away. Throughout the story it is Evie that we follow, and a third-person narrator describes events from her point of view. The story is told in the present tense, apart from one short description of Evie’s search for Victor, which is told in the past tense as it is an event...
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...Sorry for the Loss How can something look so beautiful and innocent and at the same time contain such an ugly and vicious personality? How is that possible? But the fact is that there isn’t always coherence between the outer and inner, and that’s the reason why you shouldn’t judge a person by its outward appearance alone. This issue is a central theme in the short story Sorry for the Loss in which Bridget Keehan makes use of the contrast between the conception and the actual reality. The short story Sorry for the Loss takes place in a prison. We are told that the character Evie must notify Victor E22A about his grandmother’s death. After some time, the prison guard leads Evie to the prisoner's cell, where she delivers the message. After the meeting she walks away with a strange feeling of not succeeding. The story...
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...Sorry for the loss – essay Sorry for the loss is a short story, written by Bridget Keehan in 2008. It is a story filled with contrasts, and tells the story of an innocent person’s courage, as she wanders through the harsh prison, to deliver some sad news to a killer-inmate. The story is playing out in what seems like a classic county prison. Evie, the catholic chaplain, is assigned to tell the inmate, Victor Zamora, that his Nan dead. As she enters his cell, she immediately notices, that Victor is not a regular long-term prisoner. Even though he has been imprisoned for five years, for killing a fellow student with a butterfly knife, he does not have any long-term staleness, as you would expect people like him to have. His skin is still olive and his eyes are blue, and they still have spark. And when she brings him the news, he does not react, as you would expect. He does not start to cry or become upset, which would be the typical reaction. And at the same time, she wonders, how something with as peaceful a name as a butterfly knife can be used to perform such a horrible act. The plot of this story proceeds chronologically, and we are thrown directly into the story without any form of introduction. There are no flashbacks, no flashforwards or foreboding. It is all happening as it would in real time, without any jumps in time. It is a third person, limited omniscient narrator, which is following Evie’s point of view. It is a third person narrator, because terms such...
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...”Sorry for the Loss” - by Bridget Keehan “Sorry for the Loss” is a short story written by Brigdet Keehan. The story is a about a woman named Evie, who works at a prison as a chaplain. She has been working as a chaplain for over a year but she is still not completely comfortable with job. Evie has to inform one of the prisoners named Victor of the loss of his grandmother. His reaction to this is surprising. By analyzing examples from the text, this essay will describe Victor’s reaction to Evie’s news and the symbolism within this text. Furthermore, how Evie thrives at her job. Victor’s reaction to the news about his grandmother, who I will refer to as Nan, is unexpected. Evie has never delivered a death notice before but she definitely did not expect it to be easy. “I hope she was stoned. No straight up. She was a pot head, serious. She said it was for her MS4, but I think she’d have been a pot head even if she wasn’t sick. But good luck to her. Whatever gets you through right?”. This example shows how Victor stays calm and it appears it does not affect him. The loss of a family member normally exclaims emotions rather you are a sensitive person or not. (p.4, l.99) “He sniffs hard then looks to the small thick…..”Why should a dog, a horse, a pigeon have life and Nan no breath at all? Evie finally gets the courage to break the bad news surprisingly he just change the subject and refers to Shakespeare. The reason for this might be that he is hiding his emotions behind a façade...
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...English Essay Bridget Keehan: Sorry for the Loss (2008) Throughout human history, we have looked for answers. And we still do. Answers can be found in religion, science, philosophy, but some questions have no conclusive answers. One of these questions is ‘what is good, and what is evil’? While we have laws and rules, both as religions and society, the distinction between good and evil is never precise. Does an evil offense make the offender evil or is it only the offense itself that is evil, and not the offender? These questions are what this story revolves around. Sorry for the Loss is a short story from 2008, written by welsh writer Bridget Keenan. The story is told in the third person from the point of view of the story’s main character, the prison chaplain Evie. This makes the story very personal, as the reader gets access to Evie’s thoughts on prison life and on some of the major themes of the story. One thing to note is that almost all of Evie’s thoughts are related to the prison, which creates a sense of confinement, something that ties in well with the setting of the story. The story begins in medias res, which means that the reader has no background information about Evie or the prison, and is immediately presented to the main plot of the story. Furthermore, the story contains an open ending, which does not give the reader full closure on the main plot nor the major themes. This composition creates a sense that the actual plot is less important than the themes...
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...Sorry for the Loss In many ways the lives we live are governed by our inheritance of culture, genes and our youth. However, the modern society has by an increasing amount come to judge every person individually and collectively. So to speak some say living is actually just life in a bigger prison. The dynamic of labelling will always categorize by good and bad to maintain law and order, thus resulting in a lot of questions. How can society definitively determine evil, and what is an equivalent for the process of fair judgement upon it? The short story “Sorry for your loss”, first published 2008 by Bridgette Keenan, raises the question of human judgement. The story unfolds with an omniscient narrator with the point of view from the main character. In an unknown small town the prison Chaplain, Evie, has to deliver her first death notice to an inmate named Victor Zamora. As she has never seen him before, and the prison’s faith database does not reveal specific characteristics of him, she is quite nervous. When delivering the news Victor, whom seems to be a good-looking sensible young man, reacts indifferent towards his grandmother’s passing, and is contrary more pursued on redeeming his ill doings. This is shown when Victor asks if he was accepted in the ‘SORRY-course’. As the conversation proceeds, it occurs to Evie that Victor is educated and on the path for re-entering society. She leaves with a feeling of inadequacy, as if she could not reach him through deciphering his...
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...Sorry for the loss A big part of our future is in our own hands, we create our own future by ourselves in this modern society, despite being born with the knowledge that everybody is going to die, somehow death still remains a taboo and it is something we do not talk about. Everyday all around the world, babies are born while others are dying. This is a natural process of any individual, and that is what the earth has to offer any living chromosome. While imagining that, how it is to tell a stranger, that one of their dearest family members has departed. You do not have any idea about, how the person you are going to give this message would react. You don’t even know who the person is at all, or how he looks like. The message is not meant to hurt him, but it is possible that the person will get hurt. This is a hard situation that awakes many thoughts, while trying to find some answers. Therefore it is good that, the short story written by the narrator Bridget Keehan called “Sorry for the loss” from 2008, deals with these anxiety provoking issues, which raise questions about different lifestyles, and how to handle difficult situations like these. Bridget Keehan tells the story by a 3rd person narrator, with a limited omniscient point of view, as it only has access to the main characters knowledge and experiences. The other characters are described from the main characters view, which means that the story is subjective, but that subject is something I’ll bring up later. What...
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...I'm sorry for giving you one word replies. I'm sorry for not having a smart phone to give you video calls. I'm sorry for not having enough credit to give you good night calls. I'm sorry that I couldn't drive and take you out. I'm sorry I did not take much photos with you. I'm sorry for being so far from you that I can't be there for you. I'm sorry for the 4 years of waiting. Im sorry for falling for you. I'm sorry I did not open up much to you. I'm sorry for not doing the right things while I could have. I'm sorry Perfect Competition Perfect Competition and Assumptions Perfect competition is a market structure that in the long run produces allocative and productive efficiency. If all markets were operating with perfect competition then the best allocation of resources would occur for society. There are a few assumptions to perfect competition: * Firms attempt to maximise their profits * There are many participants in the market (buyers and seller), this is important so that no individual buyer or seller represents a large enough share of the market to influence the market price. The market price is therefore determined by the market (it is the equilibrium point). * The product is homogenous (identical, for example sugar or water), if the product had a brand that consumers identified with then it may be able to charge a premium for the brand recognition. * There are no barriers to entry or to exit the market * There is perfect knowledge of the market conditions...
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...The death of a mother is the first sorrow wept without her. ~Author Unknown A mother holds perhaps, the most important place in a child's life. The loss of a mother, then is perhaps the biggest loss anyone has to deal with. Unfortunately, the death of a parent is something most children have to see and experience. While some people naturally hold the capacity to endure such a heavy loss, for some it is indeed a tough period to get through. No matter what kind of person the sufferer is, a few words of sympathy from close ones are always comforting. With the knowledge that there is someone who shares the grief, and is there for support in such trying times, indeed gives the sufferer the strength and courage to pull through. For most of you, deciding what to say when a person loses her/his mother is difficult, because it is an extremely sensitive time and you don't want to say anything that will deepen the grief of the sufferer. As such, you may take a look at these words of sympathy that may help ease the pain arising from the loss of such an important figure in one's life, and utilize them to make your close one, who is grieving the loss of her/his mother, feel comforted. Words of Condolence For the Loss of a Mother No words of condolence you put together can heal a person grieving the loss of her/his mother. But it can definitely provide a small amount of comfort, in knowing that someone is there to share the grief and to be there when needed. This gives them courage...
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