Character Sketch - Cephalus from Plato’ s Republic Choose one of the three main characters from Book One of Plato’s Republic (Cephalus‚ Polemarchus or Thrasymachus). Write a character sketch that shows how the personality‚ social status‚ life situation and position affect the views the character holds about life and about the virtue of justice. Include the definition of justice for the character you are describing. In book one‚ we are introduced to four main characters: Socrates‚ Cephalus
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of Africa. Chinua Achebe‚ who is the author of this novel‚ portrays how an ambitious‚ well known‚ and respected African‚ Okonkwo‚ life falls apart. He was a man with great intensity and personality. He had accomplished his goal to become rich and famous and committed suicide after things in his life wasn’t going all right. Okonkwo was a farmer and he was well know throughout the nine villages and even beyond. He was tall and huge‚ and his bushy eyebrows and wide nose gave him a very severe look
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Etch-A-Sketch Ohio Art Company was in risk of going bankruptcy after the company was forced to increase the price of toys due to the increase in overhead. The company decided it would be wise to take their production into China where the price of labor and other overhead cost were substantially lower. This is a decision many companies in the US are making today. Was it ethical of the OAC to move production to China? I think there were some ethical risk of the company going overseas but I think
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ALICE Alice is a seven-and-a-half-year-old little girl living in an upper-middle-class family in Victorian England. She is a very imaginative little girl who goes on a surprising adventure into the looking glass world. This journey is the biggest example of her active and vivid imagination which we later come to know is only a dream. But‚ inspite of being only seven years old‚ we see some characteristics in her which are very unusual for a girl as small as her. Her relationship with her pet kittens
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Charles Baker Harris‚ who is commonly referred to as Dill‚ is a little boy in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird and plays the role of a cardboard character. Dill is sincere friends with Scout and Jem and spends his summers with Aunt Rachel. Dill represents the naivety and innocence of childhood and is a very intriguing character. Dill appears to be younger than his actual age. In the beginning of the novel‚ Dill had a short stature and appeared to be four years of age‚ when in actuality‚ wassix
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Character Sketch for I’m a Fool September 28th‚ 2013 The character in I’m a Fool is a 19 year old boy‚ who will be referred to as the Swipe‚ his occupation‚ since his name was not mentioned in the story. Similar to most common people‚ the Swipe likes “feeling grander and more important” (pg.94) while he does not like “putting on too many airs” (pg.93). He is introduced as a “big lumbering fellow” (pg.91) who could not get a job because he “had gotten too big to mow people’s lawns and sell newspapers”
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If I could meet a famous person from the history‚ I would like to meet Vakhtang Gorgasali‚ one of the most respected kings of Georgia. There are many stories told about him‚ I want to find out wether they are true or not ‚ I also would like to know more about his life as a king and what’s the most important – I want to warn him about the man‚ by whom he was killed. (75) Vakhtang Gorgasali was one of the strongest kings of our country. There are many stories told about him. For instance‚ one of
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In Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ we meet the old man Santiago‚ who is a persistent‚ hardy‚ and prideful individual. He exemplifies these character traits in his struggles to earn back the respect and reputation among the local fisherman. To do this‚ he sails out much farther than the other fishermen‚ in hopes if finding a big fish to bring back – bigger than any of the fish they have caught. Overall‚ Santiago exhibited all of the traits of any great fisherman; persistence‚ hardiness‚ and pride
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Orlando is the youngest son of the deceased Sir Rowland de Boys and a brother to the nasty tyrant Oliver. He is brave‚ chivalrous‚ tender‚ modest‚ smart‚ strong‚ handsome and beloved by all. The first time we meet Orlando‚ he’s fired up and says he’s ready to "mutiny" against his big bro. His father has died and he’s been left penniless because of the system of primogeniture‚ which says that oldest sons get to inherit all of their fathers’ wealth while younger sons‚ like Orlando‚ get zilch. Not only
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Geoffrey Trease’s Cue for Treason Character Sketch Assignment November 16‚ 2012 The novel Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease portrays a character named Kit Kirkstone‚ also known as Katherine Russell. Kit characterizes a young cunning‚ determined‚ and confident woman. First off‚ Kit represents a cunning girl because when she was rehearsing her role in Romeo and Juliet she acted as though she was inspired- as though she were Juliet‚ living it all. In this case
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