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The Ring

The document outlines the characters and plot of 'The Ring' by Bernard Smith, focusing on Rafael, a fisherman whose father was killed by sharks when he was a child. Rafael falls in love with Anita, the shopkeeper's daughter, but she runs away to avoid her father's plans for her to marry a wealthy man, leading to speculation about her relationship with a mysterious soldier named Carlos. The story is narrated by a doctor in his twenties, who reflects on Rafael's life and the impact of Anita's departure on him.

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The Ring

The document outlines the characters and plot of 'The Ring' by Bernard Smith, focusing on Rafael, a fisherman whose father was killed by sharks when he was a child. Rafael falls in love with Anita, the shopkeeper's daughter, but she runs away to avoid her father's plans for her to marry a wealthy man, leading to speculation about her relationship with a mysterious soldier named Carlos. The story is narrated by a doctor in his twenties, who reflects on Rafael's life and the impact of Anita's departure on him.

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The Ring (Bernard Smith)

Characters:
 Narrator: in his mid/late-twenties, he’s a doctor.
 Pablo: narrator’s younger brother.
 Uncle Miguel: lived in a little village in the coast.
 Rosa: Miguel’s wife.
 Rafael: the madman living in a boat house in the beach..
 Clara: Rafael’s mother, Rosa’s sister and Rafael’s aunt.
 Manuel: Rafael’s father, he was a fisherman.
 Ricardo: Manuel’s brother, Rafael´s uncle.
 Rodrigo: the shopkeeper.
 Anita: the shopkeeper’s wife, Rafael’s love. Everyone loved her
and all men wanted to have her and marry her. She was
beautiful and clever.
 Carlos, the soldier: very good-looking, nobody knew where he
came from. He couldn’t also forget Anita

Chapters included here/dealt with so far.


Ch1: The Madman on the Beach.
Ch2: Rafael’s Father and the Sharks.
Ch3: Anita, the Shopkeeper’s Daughter.
Ch 4: The Soldier.

Highlights

Rafael was born in a village, he was an only child, good-looking,


healthy and strong. His father was killed by sharks when he was 8
years old, he saw everything. After his dad dies, he lives with his
mum at the end of the village. His uncle, Ricardo, helped Rafael and
his mum.
After a few years, Rafael became older and became a fisherman, he
was a good fisherman but he had always hated sharks so from time to
time he gathered some pieces of meat and went deep in the sea to
feed and then kill sharks; he got happy every time he killed loads of
sharks.
So, Rafael grew up he fell in love with Anita, the shopkeeper’s
daughter. However, Anita’s dad, Rodrigo, had different plans for her;
he wanted her to marry a rich man, he didn’t want her to marry
anyone from the village. Anita ran away and her dad was never able
to speak about that, he said he had no daughter of such a name.
The soldier was said to arrive in town three months Anita left the
village. She was 16 and Rafael was 18 years old.
Carlos, the soldier’s real name, was a strange man. He lived in several
different places, Cuba and Africa. He came to the village twice a
week, he made friends, he was different from the people living there,
he was a stranger but everyone seemed to like him a lot because he
gave everyone presents. But one day, no one saw him again, so
everyone believed that she, Anita, left the village with him.
Everyone knew Rafael was in love with Anita, but, according to the
narrator’s uncle, Miguel, Rafael didn’t go mad because Anita left the
village with another man, this kind of things do not make anyone go
mad. Everyone knew that he loved her for a long time before the
soldier arrived in the village, everyone kew that because of the ring
he had in his necklace.

Guideline/Questions:
 Who tells the story in chapter 1?
 How did the narrator see Rafael when he was a child and how
did he see him when he returned to the village?
 Why everyone talked about Rafael?
 How did they call him? Why was he mad?
 What’s Rafael’s family background?
 What happened with his dad?
 Describe the 2 episodes with the sharks.
 Why everyone wanted Anita?
 What was she good at?
 Why did Anita decide to run away?
 Why was her father angry with her?
 Who did Anita run away? Who was the soldier?

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