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In literature, the word "garner" exhibits a fascinating duality, functioning both as a verb that means to accumulate or store—often invoking agrarian imagery—and as a proper noun, a surname that gives depth to character identity. As a verb, authors employ it to describe the careful gathering of not only physical goods like grain, as in the depiction of scattered and stored sheaves ([1], [2]), but also intangible treasures such as wisdom or life experiences ([3], [4]). Meanwhile, when used as a surname, "Garner" serves to individualize characters who often play pivotal roles in their narratives ([5], [6], [7], [8]). This layered usage enriches literary works by linking the concrete act of harvesting with metaphorical notions of amassing personal and intellectual wealth.
  1. [2]—old men slain; Trampled the fields of waving cane; Or scatter'd wide the garner'd grain; An hour wrought wreck of years!
    — from A Wreath of Virginia Bay LeavesPoems of James Barron Hope by J. B. H. (James Barron Hope)
  2. It was also said to the same persons, 'Gather my wheat into the garner.'
    — from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan
  3. Then wilt thou call to mind the stores of learning which I have laid up in thy garner, and wilt add to them by perseverance and industry.
    — from Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
  4. I cried, ‘my life is full of pain, And who can garner fruit or golden grain From these waste fields which travail ceaselessly!’
    — from Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
  5. “Perhaps she—oh, do you think, Major, that—” Carson heard no more; his father had come forward and was talking to Garner.
    — from Mam' Linda by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
  6. Garner leaned his broom-handle against the mantel-piece, and stood critically eying his partner's worn face and dejected mien.
    — from Mam' Linda by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
  7. “I know it, Garner, and her blood would be on my head.”
    — from Mam' Linda by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
  8. He was expected, and a minute afterwards he was shaking hands with Garner, who had been waiting for him.
    — from Dastral of the Flying Corps by Rowland Walker

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