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Dexter is Our Hero, the main character of "Winter Dreams." ... Dexter's main goal in life is to make tons of money and improve his social class. He dreams of actually playing golf with the rich men he caddies for at the Sherry Island Golf Club.
A gerund is a verb functioning as a noun. In this case, the gerund is "band-aid" and it is the direct object of the sentence, where "on the cut" is the phrase of the indirect object, which is the "cut". Hope this helps!
Answer: Band-aid, functions as the direct object
Exertion maybe?
I think it might be exertion because it seems to fit... tell me if I'm wrong.
At the end of the story, the narrator not only feels compassion for Miss Lottie, but as an adult, she feels her pain as well.... the need for beauty, the passion for marigolds.
For one does not have to be ignorant and poor to find that his life is as barren as the dusty yards of our town. And I too have planted marigolds.
