Brutus Brutus was first and foremost an honorable man‚ putting the safety of Rome above everything else. His three most noticeable characteristics were his honor‚ his naivete‚ and his stoicism. However‚ his honor honesty‚ and trustfulness eventually became the things that killed him. First of all‚ Brutus is a stoic. He and his wife Portia are both very stoic‚ and they don’t show emotions towards things. The most striking instance of Brutus’ stoicism is when Portia commits suicide. Cassius
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In the novel The Chrysalids‚ Axel Strorm—David Strorm’s Uncle—is described as "a cripple." (24). They live in Waknuk‚ Labrador; a community with very unique and bizarre laws and religions. As you read through chapters 1-8 you see his traits prevail. You also learn that David sees his Uncle as a friend and a role model rather then just a relative. "…because he was Uncle Axel and my best friend among the grown-ups." (30) You also get the sense that David almost feels as if his Uncle is
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Lakunle Lakunle is the schoolteacher of the village. He deeply admires Western culture and seeks to emulate‚ often to comically inadequate effect. He is portrayed by Soyinka as clumsy in both actions and words‚ throwing together phrases from the Bible and other Western works in hope of sounding intelligent. He is "in love" with Sidi‚ but has not married her because she demands that he pay the traditional bride price‚ something he refuses to do. Initially we chalk up this refusal to his Western
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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) Summary The novel‚ narrated by the Englishman J.‚ tells of a boat trip J. takes up with Thames River with his friends George and William Samuel Harris. His prose is rambling‚ and often digresses into anecdotes or long observational passages. One night‚ the three men smoke together in J.’s London apartment‚ discussing their anxiety over their sicknesses. The reader can discern that they are actually hypochondriacs. After researching diseases at the British
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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)‚ published in 1889‚ is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide‚ with accounts of local history along the route‚ but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how
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The man who loved Flowers * Character sketch This is the story of a man possessed by love. He has dark hair and blue eyes‚ and is wearing a light grey suit. He lives in a deep repressive reverie because he is unable to live in the real world. A world without his "Norma" is one he cannot bare. In the beginning of the story he appears to us as a completely normal man. A happy and moody setting is imprinted with violet skies and lovely flowers‚ and we are led to believe he is in love. The man
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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)‚[Note 1] published in 1889‚ is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide‚[1] with accounts of local history along the route‚ but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a
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Three men in a boat by Jerome k. Jerome It is the novel about three friends Jeorge ‚ Harry‚ Jerome and the dog Montmorency. They decides to have a vacation to an island as they are exhausted due to overworkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk. Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)‚[Note 1] published in 1889‚ is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide
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Character Sketch of Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist and narrator of the novel The Hunger Games by Suzane Collins. All the events that happen in the novel have an influence on her. Katniss is 16 years old with straight long black hair usually worn in a braid. She has gray eyes‚ and olive skin. These traits are common in the Seam in the lower class miners of District 12. To begin with‚ when she’s in the woods‚ she wears everyday clothes and always carries a bow and arrows to
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OMAM (3 POSSIBLE TO REVISE MORE THAN OTHERS) CROOKS Loves ‘torturing’ Lennie about George’s disappearance Racial injustice Curley’s Wife has greater authority Casuality of ‘nigger’ CURLEY’S WIFE ‘a girl’ ‘flopped like a fish’ Listen‚ Nigger’ ‘Where’s Curley?’ NO NAME ‘tart’ CURLEY Curley is the boss’s son‚ so he doesn’t need to work like the ordinary ranch
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