Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner‚ spat in his face‚ and told him he’d get him if it took the rest of his life’. Ewell’s initial reaction to seeing Atticus is to disrespect him and spit on him. This reflects deeply on his character‚ as it shows that he is probably abusive and disrespectful to everyone no matter what their background is. Fischler 2 Ewell lived without a conscience and made immoral decisions without a hint of guilt. Ewell demonstrates his unscrupulous
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Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne establishes the character Pearl as having tenacity and peculiarity in her personality and traits. First‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne exaggerates Pearl’s qualities to establish her as an odd child and a separate person from the Puritan town she lives in. In chapter 7‚ after the governor asks Pearl who created her‚ she answers by saying ‘no one created her rather her mother plucked her from a wild rose bush near the prison.’ Hawthorne follows Pearl’s remark
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as his admission that he has largely been free of the abuse the rest of the animals have had to suffer. Old Major introduces the animals to the song Beasts of England. Old Major (also called Willingdon Beauty‚ his show name) is the first major character described by George Orwell in Animal Farm. This "purebred" of pigs is the kind‚ grandfatherly philosopher of change; an obvious metaphor for Karl Marx‚ though some elements of Old Major are directly from Vladimir Lenin. Old Major proposes a solution
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“A Doll House” Nora Helmer is a strong yet stupid woman. She thinks that money can buy her out of anything. What she doesn’t realize until the end is that her debt doesn’t enslave her‚ but her husband’s treatment of her does. Nora Helmer’s character starts off by being a submissive little lark by her husband’s side. They have a rather cheerful‚ fun-loving relationship that isn’t the least bit serious until the end. She answers to a myriad of pet names and lies to her husband about things like
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Hazel and El-ahrairah Watership Down is an epic novel filled with adventure. Though the main characters are rabbits‚ the author depicts them in a very individual way that highlights their personalities while still keeping the novel believable. Two rabbits that have and especially big impact on the story are Hazel and El-ahrairah. Though Hazel is a runaway rabbit and El-ahrairah is a legend of power‚ both have many similarities which make them so significant in the story. Through the legendary
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Many of the characters display their need to find happiness and craving to be accepted by the upper social class‚ including Gatsby himself. Jay Gatsby’s extravagant life as a wealthy‚ charismatic man living in the West Egg Village of New York City. Gatsby‚ the main character‚ based his love for Daisy on a young girl he met before going to war. The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock is symbolic‚ where America was perceived as a land of opportunity with limitless possibilities which could be obtained
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Andre Anderson is the main character of the book. He is hard working‚ intelligent‚ and a great basketball player. He worked as an intern at a magazine in the city. He was a great basketball player‚ who had played every week with his friends and cousins at the local outdoor court. Andre doesn’t like racism and he was asked to write an article about it which would change his life forever. Also‚ Andre was an African-American and he was proud of it. Racist jokes would always rub him the wrong way. Even
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Louise the news‚ Mrs. Mallard when she hears of her husband’s death‚ and when Mrs. Mallard realizes that she is tied down in a marriage. These very things craft the outrageous tale of Mrs. Mallard and her life with her husband‚ Brently Mallard. The character Josephine is portrayed as a worried sister‚ who fears that the news of brother-in-law’s death may cause the death of her sister‚ Mrs. mallard. When the author‚ Kate Chopin‚ writes “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble‚ great
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Holmes did exceptionally well with getting the admiration of women‚ his mysteriously blue eyes lured them in. Larson goes into deeper explanation about Holmes’s character‚ “He broke prevailing rules of casual intimacy: He stood too close‚ stared too hard‚ touched too much and long. And women adored him for it” (36). This shows that Holmes did things differently‚ not many bothered though because he was attractive and
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Holden Caulfield‚ the most troubled kid ever. A person can never be “phonier” than Holden. He hates his life‚ he hates everyone around him. He judges a book by its cover. That’s wrong‚ he must look at himself before criticizing others. He doesn’t seem to understand that he isn’t any different than the people around him. In fact‚ he worst than them! No 17 year old should be experiencing what he goes through. He must be messed up in the head. Holden is a very mysterious person‚ very moody. He could
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