Everyone at some point of their lives will experience a Chicxulub. Something that will change your entire life for the better or the worse. It’s what you choose to do with that change that will build your character. Take Maureen and Ted for example. Late‚ one rainy night‚ they get their Chicxulub. A call that delivered the heart-wrenching news of their daughter‚ Maddy’s accident. Imagine‚ you are in the street playing basketball with the neighbor kids. You are winning by 3 points; You get into
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Prospero is one of Shakespeare’s more enigmatic protagonists. He is a sympathetic character in that he was wronged by his usurping brother‚ but his absolute power over the other characters and his overwrought speeches make him difficult to like. In our first glimpse of him‚ he appears puffed up and self-important‚ and his repeated insistence that Miranda pay attention suggest that his story is boring her. Once Prospero moves on to a subject other than his absorption in the pursuit of knowledge‚ Miranda’s
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what they seem. Miss Adela Strangeworth‚ a character in a story “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson‚ is a seventy-one-year old woman who wants to stop the evil from her town. However‚ her efforts made her become a condescending perfectionist with a god complex. Miss Strangeworth shows condescension throughout the whole story. She always thought “the town belonged to her” because “[her] grandfather built the first house on Pleasant Street” (Jackson‚ 1941‚ p. 163). She liked to sleep in the
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the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He also wrote the adult mystery series Tres Navarre[2] and helped edit Demigods and Monsters‚ a collection of essays on his Percy Jackson series. He helped develop the ten books of The 39 Clues series and wrote the first book in the series‚ The Maze of Bones.[3] In 2012‚ he completed a trilogy focusing on Egyptian mythology‚ The Kane Chronicles‚ and has published three out of five planned books of The Heroes of Olympus series‚ the sequel to the Percy Jackson series
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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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A Woman of Amazing Character Will-power and determination plays a major role when it comes to people accomplishing goals and performing the tasks they are given. When a person possesses these two qualities they are motivated‚ focused‚ will not give up easily‚ determined along with many other things. The word determination is defined as‚ “the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.” Will-power is‚ “the strength or will to carry out one’s decisions‚ wishes‚ or plans.” In
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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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