Save You

effort of catching her mother and her unborn self had led to too much blood loss. The ship’s doctor tried to make her comfortable, and then moved on to the patients who could be saved. Her father walked over to her bed and sat. “Thank you. You—” his voice shook. “You saved my wife and my daughter. I thought… the least I could do was…” “It’s okay,” she said, crying. “It’s okay.” She was so…

plays a very important role. Without a mentor, I wouldn’t know rather i’m doing something right, or doing something wrong. Your mentor should be someone you can count on, or someone who has helped you a lot throughout your life. Someone who is positive, and someone who is helpful. You should be able to work with and accept the advice your mentor give you. I’ve learned throughout the years so many things from the advice of Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Williams taught me how to better myself and step up…

Do you ever sit in class and have no idea what’s going on? Well, that’s me right now. I’m sitting in chemistry listening to descriptions chemical reactions. Why am I even sitting here trying to make sense of a subject that has no practical relevance to our lives whatsoever? Realistically, out of all senior chemistry students, who will actually use chemical principles on a daily basis? Most of us haven’t chosen a career pathway yet. The un-deciders, like me, hopelessly put effort in getting…

In his article, “The Life You Can Save,” Singer displays how many Americans have the means to send money to help those suffering from poverty and terrible living conditions, concluding that if a person does not donate thousands of dollars to aid agencies, they are doing something morally wrong. However, in objection to Singer’s arguments, John Arthur points out that if a person must do what creates the most good, then they are therefore morally wrong when not donating organs to other people, an…

“The Life You Save May Be Your Own” In the short story, “The Life you Save May Be Your Own”, the author is more of a pessimist than an optimist. Although Mrs. Lucynell Crater’s personality and characterization has a positive view on life, Tom Shiftlet has more pessimistic views on life. Shiftlet is an example that not everybody is as good as they appear to be. One reason why the author is a pessimist is because Tom mentions that he has no friends a few times throughout the short story. Also,…

religion and instead live their lives with an obsession with money and possessions. In Flannery O’Connor’s story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own,” Tom Shiftlet, the protagonist in the story, struggles to find a balance between religion and his materialistic desires. Through religious symbols and imagery Flannery O’Connor is able to criticize society's materialism. “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” focuses on how Tom Shiftlet gave up his chance at redemption because of his dream of owning a…

Education, the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, is one if not the most important aspect in an individual’s lifetime. When an individual is born, whether it be a boy or a girl, the child is not born evil or with a desire to perform malicious acts. Instead, as the child continues to grow and develop, his surroundings and background will slowly educate the child into what is good and what is bad. However, despite the environment a child grew up in, the one factor an individual…

Roses are red, violets are blue, but O’Connor’s tale paints romance a new hue. If you are reading a story that ends with ‘they all lived happily ever after’ you can bet it’s not the read The Life You Save Might Be Your Own. The author shows us that love doesn’t guarantee happiness and in fact it could curse us. Through this ironic mockery of love, Flannery O'Connor illustrates a new style of this genre: a fairy tale aways from a fairy tale, average looking lovers, a greedy mother, and no, there…

The complex protagonist of Flannery O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"-Mr. Tom T. Shiftlet- exhibits a morally ambiguous character ironically in name and action. As with her best firctional works, O'connor articulates an intrinsic relationship between the main character's narrative and the typological Significance of the story. Mr. Shiftlet epitomizes moral ambiguity by his inconsistency in showing grace and his unrefined motives. For the work as a whole, his moral ambiguity…

In the short story ”Save as Many as You Can” by Simon Van Booy, we follow the maincharacter Gerard who is on his way home from the office in Manhatten thinking about how the footsteps in the snow will soon dissapear and if his life is special or just normal. Suddenly eight years after their breakup he sees his only love, his ex girlfriend Laurel through a window. He thinks back to the time when they met and how he cheated on her with Issy who became pregnant and is the mother to his seven year…