world. While looking back on the book I couldn’t think of many characters that displayed admirable qualities. Even though Pangloss stuck to his views that everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds‚ which is admirable‚ he is stupid and naive to still believe this after everything he and his family goes through. It was quite hard for me to find admirable characters within Voltaire’s Candide‚ all of the characters seemed to do harm to one another in some way. Although as soon
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The Character of Paul in Willa Cather’s "Paul’s Case" Pulitzer Prize winner author Willa Cather’s story Paul’s Case tells the story of a boy‚ Paul‚ who is disgusted by his current situation. He admires and envies the wealthy people that he encounters during his employment as an usher at Carnegie Hall in Pittsburgh‚ and considers their lives to be perfect. He is suspended from school early in the story for being disruptive‚ that is‚ voicing his opinions on school and anything else he considers below
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Madge In Suzanne Collins’ novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ The character Madge is a friend of Katniss’s in District Twelve who is essential in the development of major themes. The theme her character most evolves is the dystopian society. There are three elements of a dystopian society: upper class advantage‚ isolation of characters‚ and back story of war‚ that are the most prevalent in her character. She does this through her personality and through consequences of her actions. The upper class advantage
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the Plot: Macbeth plays the role of an ambitious character that murders Duncan in order to secure the crown‚ during the play‚ he fluctuates between murderous fevered action and moments of terrible guilt. Lady Macbeth Physical descriptions and traits: She is described as “fair” by King Duncan‚ but like Macbeth‚ she is also ambitious‚ imperious‚ perceptive‚ and resolute. She is conscienceless and is described as a character that is masculine or lacking characteristics of femininity
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crashes and he is left alone. This novel talks about how Brian’s character evolves over the course of the novel from being an overwhelmed child to a self-reliant young adult. He mentally became stronger but also noticed his physical features changing. He learns adapt to the environment and to fight Mother Nature‚ to survive in the wilderness. At the beginning of the novel‚ the best word to describe Brian’s personality or character is panicked. When the pilot of the plane has a heart attack and dies
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of Canada beings to return to normality after a nuclear bomb destroyed everywhere. However‚ David‚ Rosalind‚ and Petra were able to escape safely with the Sealand lady as a result of Michael’s brave‚ calm and cool‚ and intelligent character. Michael’s first character trait leading to the success of the group’s escape was his bravery. Michael shows bravery throughout the novel‚ including when he decided to join the posse that was
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Have you ever read the story about"The Ravine"? For homework I have to compare and contrast two characters named Vinny and Joe-boy‚ which are best friends. I am going to talk about their character traits. First of all‚ I’m going to start of with Vinny’s character traits. He is a scaredycat because he was afraid to go to the ravine and to jump in the lake‚ but he still went. He is a follower because he went to the ravine with his friends even though he was scared. He believed in rumors because
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INTRODUCTION Slice of life is a memoir which is based on the memories of a character called “Macduff” who was a minor character in the entire play but the role played by him was very strong and it was critical in the conclusion of this play. Macduff was a character who was victimized by the lead character Macbeth and his entire families including children were killed by the onslaught of Macbeth’s army. This memoir starts with when he got the information about the death of his family whilst in England
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The Legendary Hero Beowulf is filled with many compelling characters. The epic poem was translated by Burton Raffel and Seamus Heaney. The most interesting character is Beowulf. Beowulf plays the bold hero in the historic story. He is an extremely honorable and extraordinary character filling the poem with excitement and adventure. Beowulf can be considered the perfect hero because he is strong‚ loyal‚ and courageous. Beowulf is known overall for his strength. In a swimming match with Brecca
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Boeing Boeing is a ludicrous farce by Marc Camoletti that provides the audience with a new but majorly predictable twist at every turn. The main characters‚ Bernard and Robert‚ portray an unrealistic story in which Bernard gets engaged with three women and yet does not marry any of them. In the time the three women spend with Robert‚ an old friend of Bernard‚ two of the women‚ Gretchen and Gloria‚ end up really liking him‚ and one of them‚ Gretchen‚ decides to get engaged to Robert. The play is mainly
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