Every story needs a hero. In the Odyssey‚ the characters face challenge after challenge and they had a leader that helped them overcome every obstacle. Odysseus was this leader and he is considered the hero of the story. He is considered the hero because of how he handled the situation with Polyphemus. His journey was dangerous and hard but he persevered through it and was able to overcome every obstacle that was put in his way. The encounter with Polyphemus was one of the defining moments where
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The Significance beyond the Mark In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” he focuses on two main characters‚ Georgiana‚ a beautiful woman with a “crimson… mark… on her left cheek [in the shape of a] human hand” (Hawthorne 6)‚ and Georgiana’s husband‚ Aylmer‚ which is very obsessed with Georgiana’s birthmark. Hawthorne focuses on these two characters due to the great significance they both have with the mark on Georgiana’s face. In the novel‚ Aylmer wants to remove Georgiana’s birthmark because he
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William Ellison “The Crucible” prompted #3 9-26-14 In the story “The Crucible” there is not many characters. Yet still there is a lot of depth to each character. This play is an allegory and a crucible starring the good farmer John Proctor. This is his story of dealing with the Salem witch trials. This essay will be on prompt number three. The first female character in this story we really get to learn about as well meet is Abigail Williams. Abigail is a young 17 year old girl who used to work
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Rap and Moral Character Various critics have railed against the alleged harms of rap music. It is misogynistic and promotes violence (especially toward women)‚ crass materialism‚ and street crime. Virtually all of the arguments about rap focus on its alleged effects—harmful or‚ occasionally‚ beneficial. Yet such arguments are difficult to prove. While not suggesting we abandon approaches like this‚ the focus on effects ignores another important moral argument—rap music is both a sign of
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“Of Mice and Men” is a novella written in 1937 by John Steinback and is set during the 1930’s outside Soledad in Southern California. The novella takes place against the backdrop of “The Great Depression”‚ which was a result of the Wall Street crash in the world’s stock markets- a disaster that shook many people and caused them to lose their jobs. The Great Depression John Steinback being a naturalist writer‚ focuses on the lower class itinerant workers and the difficulties of having to travel great
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Character Analysis- The Great Gatbsy‚ Chapter 1 Nick Carraway serves as the novels narrator and tells us in chapter one that he is tolerant‚ open-minded‚ and quiet and a good listener‚ which makes others; want to confide their secrets in him. Nick is repulsed by the phony nature of the socialites and his moral sense sets him apart from the other characters in the novel. “ Unjustly accused of being a politician”. He seems to be a biased narrator‚ and possibly unreliable as he seems to contradict
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novella‚ Candide becomes this dynamic characters who augments his knowledge about the outside world exploring and capturing his own opinion yet still living with the thought of “the best of all possible worlds.” Candide is a static character on his beliefs‚ yet he is a dynamic character in nature. In the text it states‚ “I have killed my old master‚ my friend‚ by brother-in-law! I am the best-nature creature in the world‚ and yet I have already
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LIFE OF INDIAN VILLAGE LIFE IN AN INDIAN VILLAGE 1. Life in an Indian village is natural. It is free from artificiality and outward show. 2. An Indian villager leads a calm and quiet life‚ free from the noise and din‚ hustle and bustle. 3. Life in an Indian village is conducive to health. 4. It has its dark side as well; illiteracy prevails and ignorance is the cause of many evils. 5. The Indian villagers are extremely poor‚ and do not get even two times meals 6. The villagers do not have even
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CHARACTER SKETCH - Marius Wiles Pain; that was all that Marius Wiles remembered from his childhood. The pain of realizing that his younger brother was now gone‚ missing. The pain of the police ignoring him and not accepting his help with the case. They would pick nine-year-old Marius up and place him on the kitchen stool‚ telling him that everything was going to be okay‚ not to worry and that he wasn’t going to understand any of it. That was the problem‚ it wasn’t okay‚ and he did understand what
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A person’s character is distinguished by the features that make up and identify an individual. This is what sets a person aside from everyone else. A person’s character and the way a person behaves can be greatly influenced by their surroundings. Behavior is a learning process that begins at birth. A person reacts to what is happening around them; the way a person responds to a situation derives from their character. I think that our environment is a driving force in who we are and how we behave
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