While the mysteries kept my attention, my favorite part of this novel was the characters. Todd is a delightful young boy who, while not overly troublesome, gets in his fair share of scrapes. His sisters Libby and Lilly Jean do not start off with much of a role, but they become more important as the novel continues. I found myself laughing with the family, crying with the family, and even getting upset for the family. To me, one of the gifts in writing is to be able to make your audience feel what the characters themselves feel. Ms. Ulmer makes this novel enjoyable by making her characters…
The main character of the novel is Billy Pilgrim. In the first few paragraphs of chapter two you can immediately tell…
There are two main characters in the book, one is Luke and the other is Jen. Luke has blonde hair and blue eyes and is very pale from not going out into the sun as much as he should he wore hand me down jeans from his two older brothers Matthew and Mark and a button down plaid shirt. Jen was a tad bit short for twelve and wore a rumpled sweat shirt and has messy dirty blonde hair and she was very energetic and loud but very…
The Main character of this book are Lief, Barda My favorite character of this book would probably have to be Jasmine. She’s a girl who grew up in the woods by her self. Called the “Forest of Shadows” .She had to learn survival and mature fast. Who joins Lief and Barda on there mission when they come in the forest to locate one of Gems of Deltora. She’s like Katniss Everdeen from Hunger Games. But more savage and aggressive.…
Have you ever been faced with adversity and believed that you could not overcome it? In Gwen Bristow’s Celia Garth, Luke Asnell never looks at any arduous situation pessimistically. During his service for the rebels in the revolutionary war he is faced with life or death situations every day, but always looks at the bright side. In addition, Luke never lets his feelings or what others say influence his actions; he does what he thinks is best. Throughout the famous novel, Luke stays optimistic even when he has no reason to and does not let feelings or words influence his actions keeping his mind focused on the war.…
1) Will Tweedy - The novel’s narrator and protagonist. Will is a fourteen-year-old boy growing up Cold Sassy, Georgia at the very beginning of the twentieth century. Will is a free spirit and often likes to defy the rules that are set in his life. He is respectful but he does not like his Aunt Loma (he has a change of heart near the end though).…
1. Margot, the protagonist, is a very passive and introverted girl, who is also very frail, delicate, and pale. (William and) the children, the antagonists, are a rambunctious bunch of nine-year-olds, who tease on Margot for being slightly different.…
Who is the central character? That is, on whom does the story focus? What do you learn about her? What are her circumstances of life? Why does she explain her actions as she does?…
The Lady Jessica is a significant part of the book Dune by Frank Herbert. When first introduced to Lady Jessica she is a loving mother and only there to serve her family; being a BG it is her duty. Throughout the story she dramatically transforms into the RM and evolves as the all knower for the Freman people.…
This novel has been oversimplified, attempting to make not only the setting but also the characters and plot simpler than what they really are. This novel is a fairly straightforward read for a young adult. The story is narrated in third person, gives the reader details of the entire world where the story takes…
Cora Jenkins is seemingly difficult to define static or dynamic at first. Throughout her story, her character suffers great tragedy, and hardship. Many people might describe Cora’s character as flat, rather than round because she does not fight against the facts of life: her drunken father, sickly mother, demanding employers or unplanned pregnancy from a transient lover. Cora is steadfast in her work and love until it is impossible to keep silent and stifled any longer. She railed against fate when death struck her baby. Cora denounced the women responsible for the injustice done to Jessie, the daughter she adopted in her heart. In conclusion, Cora is a dynamic character because you understand her struggles, feel her pain and in the end, applaud…
The primary character is Eunice Williams, a young girl taken captive by the Mohawk indians. Her father is Reverend John Williams, a prominent Puritan leader in the town of Deerfield. Throughout the book the captives from both the the British and French side are returned to their homes. Eunice chooses to not go home to Puritan society, but to live with the indians. Many cannot understand her reasoning to choose the "indian savage" way of life over good wholesome Puritan life.…
Emily Brent’s acts as an egotistical person and as a false Christian. She believes that she is perfect because she thinks that her religion is perfect.…
America Singer, whose point of view the book is written in, is the main character. She has been chosen to participate in the Selection. She has fiery red hair and icy blue eyes. She did not want to be part of the Selection at first but ends up winning it. She has an adventurous personality and acts very rebellious.…
There are two main characters mostly involved in this novel, Henry who lives in the present time and Andy who is set in the times of 1917-1918. There are also minor characters such as Janine, Miss H (Cecelia), Trot, Marcelle and…