The author reveals the theme of guilt through the main character Dunstan Ramsay. He is an intellectual man who is quite solitary and who feels very guilty a

bout the snowball incident that happened when he was younger. Dunstan, when he was about 10 years old, was playing with his friend Boy. They were throwing snowballs at each other. Boy decided to put a rock in one of the snowballs. He threw it at Dunstan but instead of hitting him, he hit Mary Dempter on the head. She was pregnant and this caused her to have an early birth of her son, Paul. Mary also became a bit crazy and everybody though it was because of the snowball. Boy, even if he threw the snowball, was not feeling guilty. Dunstan on the other hand was feeling very guilty. He could not stop thinking about what he did. He was feeling very bad. His mother convinced him to take care of Mary Dempster. However, all his good actions towards Mary and Paul did not make his guilt go away. "I was of the damned." Dunstan is sure that he is not seen as a good child in the eyes of God. He feels completely h

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Approximate Word count = 609
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)