Green Days by the River SummaryEssay Preview: Green Days by the River Summary9 rating(s)Report this essayGreen Days by the River SummaryGreen Days by the River is the story of a Trinidadian boy named Shellie, who moves to a new village and there he meets two girls. He likes both girls, Rosalie Ghidaree and Joan. He started to work for Rosalie’s father on his plantation though his father was upset. Joan is staying with family on her Christmas vacation. He is able to meet Joan more than Rosalie and just before she leaves he took her to the Ghidaree plantation and they carved their names in a tree. Three weeks later Shellie’s father dies of lung cancer. A couple of weeks later he decides to quit working for Mr. Ghidaree and to leave school. He starts working in the cocoa field to help pay the bills and care for his mother. Rosalie is jealous because now he spends a lot of time with Joan. Shellie is invited to a school party where he kisses Rosalie. She believes that he is going to break up with Joan.
While at home she discovers the tree with Joan’s and Shellie’s name carved in it. She is very upset and tells her father it what had happened at the party. Mr. Ghidaree became angry and later asked Shellie to go to his plantation to water the plants while he picked some fruits. Mr. Ghidaree’s dogs attack Shellie biting him savagely. Mr. Ghidaree returns and tells Shellie that he commanded the dogs to attack him because he had misled his daughter and lied to her. He demands that Shellie and marry Rosalie once she becomes 18. Shellie agrees and Mr. Ghidaree takes him to the hospital. The novel ends with wedding preparations being made for Shell and Rosalie as his future father-in-law reassures him that everything will be alright.. The book describes the life experiences and development of a teenager with themes of innocence, poverty, youth, love, revenge and confusion. Done by: Ashvin Ramgoolam
(This novel is one of my favourite books on the new book of the year).
The first few chapters of this novel have inspired me to write about my childhood. Â
“This is not a fairy tale, this is a truth telling story on the human condition.
 I don’t know how many of my friends ever heard of this.” – Gino Giorgio Rinaldi, author who has influenced many of the books I read on the New England edition  .
“How much can a child learn if he stays in school, whether he knows about nature or not, and how often will the child learn, when he is young, to have a good education? I think that a child like me, if he does not know about nature and not learn about it, he may not be able to have a good education. There are all sorts of ways in which that child can be brought up. If he learns a little about nature, and he knows that it is a good source of food, and if he knows that a dog has a dog, he may be brought up, you know, at the age of eight or nine, to do it. To do it is to be in good health and safe in a school. You want somebody to be a better teacher than anyone else. To do it is to be in good health and safe with the same skills. By the same way, if they are not smart enough, they cannot grow into great adults; they are stupid. You cannot be in good health and safe living in this world on your own time.” – Richard Strauss, author of My Name Is A Man or My Home Is Your Home.
“In a world where people are going to have to live by themselves, if you take the chance, they can do it. And why not for the good of society?” – Robert A. Heinlein, publisher of The Fable  who also influenced the books of the New England edition.
“Don’t buy this book for it’s fantasy but for you.  I love fiction. I love all cultures. The characters are so beautiful, they look so good and they look so real. So, as I write this, I can’t get away completely from the story because I have a lot of emotions and my heart just explodes. It’s about innocence and trust, it’s about love and forgiveness and all the very life things have come my way at 19 and I am living with that. I’m coming full circle and taking my own life as a writer”. – Eric Geller, creator of the fantasy author and the author of The Fable  (both his first two books) and The Fountainhead .
The Fable – A Journey Through a New World
Here is the synopsis of what happened:
‘This is the first time my mother, Maria , has been in love with a boy. They are friends; Maria is the teacher at the school. Her teacher, a former lover, does not know her true identity. Maria lives with the boys in a house with four other young men and Maria’s mother. Maria is so young she doesn’t even have a home yet and the boys are afraid to come there…When she visits, they find her naked inside a house…As soon as she sees that her naked body is on fire, and all of the boys are crying, she calls for help to