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Introduction

Acknowledgement

The Life of Cyril Everard Palmer

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Books He wrote

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Summary of Chapters 6 and 7

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Ten Main Points of Chapters 5 and 6

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Conclusion

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References

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Teachers Comments

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Introduction
Full Circle, written by Cyril Everard Palmer is a colorful
Jamaican pro-independence story which captures the essence of many
typical rural characters; their strength weaknesses and their humanity.
Full Circle is a novel that can be recommended to anyone who wishes to
relive or rekindle the spirit of community togetherness.
Palmers stories have so far been inspired by the memories of his
childhood and though the people and incidents are imagined they could
easily have been real. These fictions are all exciting stories of life in
rural Jamaica, told with warmth, affection and insight.
We will therefore examine the following:
The life of Cyril Everard Palmer
Books he wrote
Summary of Chapter 6 and 7 of Full Circle
Ten of the most important quotes made in the text from chapters 57.
We have found Cyril Everard Palmer life and stories interesting and
we have no doubt you will too.

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Acknowledgement
We would like to express special thanks and gratitude to our
teacher Miss Rhule who gave us the golden opportunity to do this
wonderful project on the author of " Full Circle which also helped us in
doing a lot of research and we have learnt a lot about Cyril Everard
Palmer.
Secondly we would also like to thank our parents who helped us a lot
in finalizing this project.

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The Life of Cyril Everard Palmer

Cyril Everard Palmer was born on October 15, 1930 to Cyril and
Vida Palmer in Kendal, Hanover in Jamaica. He attended Kendal
Elementary School. He studied at Mico Teachers College in the early
1950s, where he enjoyed his first published success when he submitted a
short story to the schools magazine.
After earning his teaching diploma in 1955, Palmer taught at
Kendal High School for a short period then went to work for the Jamaica
Gleaner as a Journalist, covering the crime beat in Kingston. He later
migrated to Canada where he taught in public schools and earned his
Bachelor degree at Lakehead University, Canada in 1973 while he
continues writing children books.
The books he later wrote for children were basically based on his
life. After his first published novel A Broken Vessel appeared in 1960,
he learned about a program by the Ministry of Education to fund
publication of books for Jamaicas children that featured the islands
culture and history.
He was recognized for his work with awards such as the Certificate
of Merit from the Jamaica Reading Association; for his contribution to
Jamaican childrens literature, and the 1977 Silver Musgrave Medal for
Literature from the Institute of Jamaica.
In November of 2001 Mr. Palmer returned to Jamaica and to the
parish of Hanover to accept an award from its historical society and
museum in recognition of his work as an author. An exhibition of his
books also opened at the Hanover Museum.
Cyril Everard Palmer died on June 16, 2013 in Mississauga,
Canada. He was 82 years old. He was survived by his wife Madge,
children Dana, Darren and Craig, and sisters E.D. Roberts and
Guinevere M. Murray. He also leaves granddaughter Tiana, grandson
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Wells, and great-grandson Silas. A memorial service was held on June

22, 2013 in Canada.

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Books He Wrote
Cyril has written many outstanding books for children that were
published between 1960s and 1980s; and his last book published in
2006. The Palmers, like many other families at that time, were farmers.
Cyril could recall childhood memories like: Riding Donkeys, helping
with farm chores and played and fished in the rivers and streams. His
books took the setting of the rural part of Jamaica where Cyril grew up,
and depict a slower, more rooted way of life that has long since
vanished.
Below are thirteen of the fifteen books written by Cyril Everard
Palmer:

A Broken Vessel
Published by: Pioneer Press
Books in 1960

My Father Sun-Sun Johnson

Published by Andre Deutsch Ltd
in March 14, 1974

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A Cow Called Boy

Published by Macmillan
Caribbean, 1985

A Time To Say Goodbye

Published by Macmillan
Caribbean, 2006

The Sun Salutes You

Published by, Bobbs-Merrill,
1970

The Cloud with the Silver Lining

Published by, Pantheon Books,
1966

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The Wooing of Beppo Tate

Published by, Deutsch in 1972

Big Doc Bitteroot

Published by Deutsch in 1968

Baba and Mr. Big

Published by Bobbs-Merrill in
1972

Houdini Come Home

Publisher: Dutton Childrens
Books; September 1982

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Beppo Tate and Roy Penner: The

Runaway Marriage Brokers
Published by, Deutsch, 1980

A Dog Called Houdini

The Hummingbird People

Published by Thomas Nelson &
Sons Limited in 1979.
Published by: Andre Deutsch; Childrens Book Edition 1978

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Summary of Chapter 6 and 7

CHAPTER 6: DONNA RAE
Rami hadnt seen Donna Rae for a long time since the memorial
service for his father Sun- Sun Johnson. But they met each other on a
certain day. Rami also spoke about her mother Mrs Hilcher, who was a
very hard working mother to provide for herself and her daughter,
because she had no support of a husband. They used to live across the
river next to Rami and his father, but they moved to a better state of
home. When they met each other, Rami and Donna Rae had a discussion
about subjects they were doing and planned to do some English study
together. Couple days after they started their studying, it was very
interesting study. When they finish study Donna Rae taught Rami how to
make escoveitched fish. Then unexpectedly, Rami kissed Donna Rae. He
then walked her home and wished both she and her mother a good night.
CHAPTER 7: JAKE HIBBERTSON
Rami saw Jake Hibbertson (who was a deadly rival of his father)
walking to him. They had a conversation which was an argument. Rami
noted that he went to an obeah man, but Rami was hoping that it wasnt
going to harm him or his mother. He added that the town was growing
more people were coming in it. Rami took a look in Jakes store. To him
he that the store is in this unpopular state because his rival (Ramis
father) had died and he lost his wife (Ramis mother). Rami then had a
conversation with Kim Sum about the fact that he needed to go back to
school, in which he did agreed on.

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Ten Main Points of Chapters 5 and 6

1. Some of the men from the memorial service decided to help Rami
with his day-for-day he planned to have because of his father sake.
2. Ma, Arlene and Brad bought a puppy for Rami to be a watchdog
and keep an eye out for Jake.
3. On the day- for-day, the men were working hard; so did Rami, and
his brother and sister; singing their folk songs and enjoying
themselves.
4. Rami got a chance to talk to Donna Rae, a friend of his.
5. Rami and Donna Rae started doing O Level English studies
together.
6. Rami kissed Donna Rae and called it our first kiss.
7. Rami had a talk with Jake Hibbertson, which was an argument.
8. Jake went and visited an obeah man and Rami hope he wasnt
going to go after his mother.
9. A lot of people were moving into the town causing the town to
grow and have a lot of new buildings.
10. The state of Jakes store isnt so attractive like when his rival SunSun Johnson was alive.

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Conclusion

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References
Palmer, C(yril) Everard 1930. Retrieved from
Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2873900054.html
Full Circle: The Rami Johnson Story by C. Everard Palmer

CYRIL EVERARD PALMER, 1930* 2013 Posted by Cucumber

Juice on July 1, 2013. Retrieved from
https://cucumberjuice.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/cyrileverard-palmer-1930-2013/
Biographies of Jamaican Personalities retrieved from The
National Library of Jamaica
https://www.nlj.gov.jm/bios-n-z
A Time To Say Goodbye' - C. Everard Palmer Leaves Rich
Heritage Of Caribbean Literature. Retrieved from
http://jamaicagleaner.com/gleaner/20130622/ent/ent3.html

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