The character Spaz is a teenager that doesn’t knows a lot about himself. All he knows is he has to live by Billy Bizmo’s rules and stay alive. When Spaz was little‚ he was put in a unit home and then he had a sister name Bean. Spaz loved Bean like she was apart of him. Then he finds out that Bean has this disease called leukemia. She was always sick and even though he was scared and confused he always stays beside her. Spaz was the only one that could give her the medicine she needed by taking her
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In stories there is always a character who is the hero of the adventure. They are strong‚ independent‚ and motivated. The hero Odysseus‚ from The Odyssey‚ is an epic hero‚ while Okonkwo‚ from Things Fall Apart‚ is a tragic hero. For Odysseus‚ his task is to sail back home after the Battle of Troy‚ while facing the fury of the gods. After many challenges with different powerful influences‚ Odysseus must use his master of schemes skills to find his way home. With the help of the god‚ Athena‚ and his
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has failed to develop during the quintessential period of youth. Additionally‚ by characterizing him in this manner‚ Salinger utilizes Holden’s desire to act both older and younger than his age to convey the dangers that come with poor decision making‚ as well as their consequences. Lastly‚ he uses the characters of Mr. Spencer and Mr. Antolini to act as voices of reason to Holden‚ while also showing Holden’s missed opportunities in life when he does
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characterize them as “SHU Syndrome” this syndrome has symptoms of PTSD‚ insomnia and uncontrollable feelings of rage and fear. In many cases and in literature isolation plays a major role on a character’s personality‚ this isolation leads the characters and humans to become outraged and become violent. In Ken Kesey’s‚ one flew over the cuckoo’s nest‚ McMurphy
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In Marie de France’s Lanval‚ the main character is a man named Lanval who seems to be an all around honorable man. The story starts out with Lanval being part of King Arthur’s following. He is a prince from a far away kingdom‚ and so he is ostracized. Because of this‚ he tries his hardest to make friends with the knights- he is valiant‚ brave‚ generous‚ and everything a knight should be‚ but it is for this reason that they begin to dislike him (pg 1408‚ line 19). When Arthur “forgets” to give Lanval
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There are plenty of characters in the epic poem “Beowulf” but none are as dynamic as Beowulf himself. As the main character and protagonist‚ he is thoroughly developed throughout the poem. While some of his traits jump right out at you (confidence‚ strength‚ bravery)‚ other are buried and subtle. Beowulf is wise‚ compassionate‚ and honorable and these characteristics shape the entire poem. While it may not be overwhelmingly obvious to all‚ Beowulf’s intelligence is indeed present at all times. One
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Allegiant is all about sacrificing for the safe of the other. The main character Beatrice "Tris" Prior‚ is like a prison in where she lived. She is very strong woman that can fight for the peace of her country ang for the safe of it. Tris want to escape from her city because she want to be free. So Tris lies her way out of jail‚ and she was approached by a group called the Allegiant‚ whose has goal to get out from thier city. This plan is looking better and better because Evelyn‚ Tobias’s mom‚ is
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Throughout history many characters have been noticed to have power‚ in this case the group that was called “Patriots’’ or Sons of Liberty‚ were a very special group of colonist that used varies attempts of calling the the British attention‚ yet the main question was were they actually Patriots or terrorists‚ well terrorism at that time wasn’t as gruesome as today but for sure that it was still a thing‚ now‚ what is to ask is why did they do it‚ well the answer is that they didn’t like paying taxes
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A & P In the short story‚ “A & P‚” John Updike’s character‚ Sammy‚ is a clerk at the A&P supermarket. His thoughts‚ language‚ and attitude throughout the story indicate he is a narrow-minded‚ cynical‚ typical teenager with a strong curiosity in the opposite sex and an extreme sense of detail. The A&P store is located right in the middle of a smaller type town‚ where everyone knew one another. He interprets one customer as being old‚ dull and unable to relate to young people only
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Literary devices are used to help the reader connect and understand characters and to give those characters depth. Anthropomorphism is a literary device that is the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god‚ animal‚ or object. An example of anthropomorphism is Rudyard Kipling’s "Rikki-tikki-tavi". Rikki-tikki-tavi is a mongoose that is the hero of the story because he saves Teddy and his family‚ who are people who have taken Rikki into their home. Rikki shows his heroic characteristics
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