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    Kay’s first appearance in the film is when she is a child running through the fields‚ representing innocence. Then she becomes sick and her cousin Gale takes her to the hospital. To her families’ horror‚ the Government officials take Kay away as part of the Stolen Generation. In another scene Cynthia and Gale (cousins) vist Kay in Melbourne to inform her that they are going to Vietnam to perform for the soldiers. Instead of welcoming them‚ Kay comments with racial judgements like ‘If it’s money

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    Anthony Patch‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ is a great example of a person suffering from unconscious narcissism. He is a man whose mind is constantly preoccupied with self admiration and his activities serve no better purpose to him than underpinning his greatness. On the very first page of the novel we are told that Anthony ’’thinks of himself rather an exceptional young man‚ thoroughly sophisticated‚ well adjusted to his environment‚ and somewhat more significant than anyone else he knows’’1

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    Have you ever wanted to win something and you want to give up‚but you keep on trying even though you just want stop doing that thing and never trying it again.That was how Lupe Medrano felt in the story “The Marble Champ” by Gary Soto.Lupe is good at mostly anything except for sports.She has won several spelling bees‚has never missed a day of school (Except for when she got stung by a bee in Kindergarten)‚and she has her own shelf in her room built for all of her awards that she had won.Then on a

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    Character is what defines each person on Earth‚ whether that character is benevolent and influenced by friends and family‚ or malevolent and influenced by hardship and difficulty in life. Take book characters‚ for example‚ as they often go through thickening plots‚ heartbreak‚ plot twists‚ and misfortunes that force their character traits to alter in order to survive. This is true for actual people as well as fictional characters because a person’s character traits are at first chosen by them‚ but

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    there are a lot of characters that take part in the story. But‚ they can only be expressed through the protagonist because it is from her point of view. So‚ all the characters are expressed through either actions or dialogue‚ but you don’t know what they are thinking or what their thoughts are because they have to be shown through the protagonist‚ and the protagonist can’t see the other characters thoughts. In the book "Life As We Knew It"‚ there are a lot of different characters throughout the book

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    In the novel‚ “Mister Pip” by Lloyd Jones‚ the three central characters‚ Mr Watts‚ Matilda and Dolores are flawed characters in challenging environments. In this essay‚ I will explore these three characters. Mr Watts‚ Matilda and Dolores‚ the narrator who have character flaws which‚ because of the hostile environment‚ leads to ultimate tragedy. Mr Watts is an alien in Bougainville. He started in New Zealand in comfortable circumstances‚ but when he moved to Bougainville‚ he experienced extreme

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    ‘It is through the characters that the themes of a novel come to life.’ Without characters the author would not be able to expand on the themes and provide depth into the novel. There would be no emotion in the novel and it would not be interesting to read. ‘A Bridge to Wiseman’s cove‚’ by James Maloney‚ uses characters such as Carl‚ Harley and Justine to make the novel come to life through the themes of friendship‚ abandonment and support. Friendships are important in life no matter what age

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    use minor characters to add depth and complexity to your protagonist 1. You can use different characters to bring out aspects of the protagonist you want to emphasize to the reader. Minor characters who have been involved with the protagonist for a long time are carriers of their own history with and memories of the protagonist. Minor characters can reference the past in handy ways that serve the development of the story. They can make observations about the protagonist’s character or predictions

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    How does dickens use language to create the character of Nancy and its effect on the reader’s interpretations of her? Charles Dickens uses language to create the character of Nancy‚ as he displays her to be able to comprehend and is capable of both good and evil‚ being a criminal on the streets and a caring mother towards Oliver. At the beginning of the novel when Nancy was first described Dickens refers to her in a negative light. His reference to her “free and agreeable . . . manners” indicates

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    Robert Walton and the Creature both contribute much to Victor Frankenstein’s character. They are both strong foil characters in the novel. A foil character is a minor character whose situation or actions parallel those of a major character‚ and by contrast clarifies certain elements of the major character. Because Walton plays a role that both parallels and contrasts to Victor’s in many ways‚ it appears that Robert Walton is the more effective foil for Victor Frankenstein. Walton’s letters to

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