Short Story Save As Many As You Ruin By Simon Van Booy
Save as many as you ruin
Sometimes in life, you make some regretful decisions, however it is never too late to start over or to get another chance to get a fresh start. Regardless of how much you fail in your life there will always be something good waiting for you on the other side. Our fate is always there when we need it most to catch us when we fall and give us another chance to correct what we once have destroyed.
This is what happens to Gerard in the short story “Save as many as you ruin” by Simon Van Booy. Gerard is in the middle of his forties and gets another chance after his former wife Issy died in a drowning accident after leaving him and their daughter to fulfill her dream to become an actress in Hollywood.
The middle-aged man
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Lucy is questioning Gerard about his night and she knows that her father has been with a female “friend”. Lucy is very excited about the new woman; “Her hair smells of onions. After a bedtime story, Lucy asks if she can meet her father's friend. " I think that would be nice," (p.6 l.174) Gerard says”. Gerard is thinking about a future with Laurel and is not letting go of her this time. However, when Lucy asks him about Laurel he gets a bad conscience; "Why are you so late, Daddy?" She is kissing him all over his face. Gerard imagines her mother floating in the pool.”(p.6 l.163) this …show more content…
Laurel is responsible and mature where Issy is spontaneous and careless. This could also mean that Laurel is the good and Issy is the bad for Gerard. Even when Gerard told Issy he was in love with Laurel, she did not care; ´”Issy wasn't upset when Gerard told her that he was falling in love with Laurel.” (p.5 l.126-127)
Another contrast could be the way Gerard thinks about something positive that quickly changes into something disturbing and horrible; “Millions were about to be killed as a teenager Hetherington crossed the finish line. A few years later, children walked into gas ovens after a long journey from home” (p. 2, ll. 15-17).
In the final lines of the story, Gerard realizes that life is unpredictable and that you should never give up because there is always another chance to change what you did wrong in the past.
In conclusion, the short story is about how everything solves itself out in life. Good chances and a great life will come to you at the right time and you should never be impatient and give up, you just have to keep
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