As Henry James sees it‚ characters are only as interesting as their responses to particular situations. This is true not only in any piece of literature with a character but also in life. I following text is my exploration into characters and their reactions to situations in John Steinbeck’s‚ "The Chrysanthemums" and John Cheever’s‚ "The Five-Forty-Eight". Characters in both of these stories are full of passion and come alive in the text as you read them. It is this resurrection of the text to
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A STRONG STRUCTURAL BASE: THE STORY CONTAINS NUMEROUS LITERARY DEVICES TO PERSUADE THE READER THROUGHOUT THE STORY ENGAGING ASPECTS OF THE STORY Mysterious element Generates questions: Who are the Vigils? What are the assignments? Noteworthy characters: Archie Costello: The main antagonist/mastermind behind the assignments. Drives Jerry to the end‚ and has a knack for psychological games Brother leon: A power hungry narcissist who’s slowly corrupting the system‚ and competing in a battle with
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My character‚ Shift from The Last Battle‚ by C.S Lewis‚ is very different. Shift is an ape. Shift is old and clever. He is not very nice and cares about himself mostly. He is very cleaver but I also think he is not as cleaver as the book‚ The Last Battle portrayed him. If he was the cleverest he would have known that treating Shift rudely would not have been a good idea. I think people saying he his the oldest and cleverest just gets in his head too much. Shift is very cleaver in other parts
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Analysis of Major CharactersHannah JarvisIn the struggle between emotion and reason in Arcadia‚ Hannah Jarvis acts as the voice of reason. Hannah is the academic‚ feminist researcher who prides herself on thorough and well-thought research and sacrifices human contact for it. Hannah‚ like Thomasina’s description of Queen Elizabeth‚ is able to separate sex from intellectual power and‚ in her case‚ push sex from view. Hannah resists carnal knowledge with effort: she doesn’t like the idea of having
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crashes and he is left alone. This novel talks about how Brian’s character evolves over the course of the novel from being an overwhelmed child to a self-reliant young adult. He mentally became stronger but also noticed his physical features changing. He learns adapt to the environment and to fight Mother Nature‚ to survive in the wilderness. At the beginning of the novel‚ the best word to describe Brian’s personality or character is panicked. When the pilot of the plane has a heart attack and dies
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My character is Eragon‚ from the book Eragon. My character is very loyal‚ honest‚ and over all a good person. He strives to save his family‚ country‚ and his dragons very life. He uses magic he learnt form his guardian‚ Brom‚ a former dragon rider‚ whom’s dragon died long ago. Eragon fought even when the odds were against him‚ including the fact that he thinks his dad was an evil mad man. Throughout the book he faces many dangers including emotional‚ mental and physical problems. Eragon shows
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exist in movies and stories and are fictional. Take Gilgamesh‚ for example. He was “created by the gods” so obviously he was extremely attractive and had god like features and everyone either wanted him‚ or wanted to be him. But‚ he is a fictional character. I think that the main characteristics that make someone a hero are courage‚ morality‚ honor‚ respect‚ they fight for the good‚ and they focus on the needs of others rather than their personal needs. A hero is a savior. Beowulf saved his people more
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INTRODUCTION Slice of life is a memoir which is based on the memories of a character called “Macduff” who was a minor character in the entire play but the role played by him was very strong and it was critical in the conclusion of this play. Macduff was a character who was victimized by the lead character Macbeth and his entire families including children were killed by the onslaught of Macbeth’s army. This memoir starts with when he got the information about the death of his family whilst in England
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didn’t it could be a life or death situation? Elisa Lindheim has found herself fighting for people she loves and the underground. She will risk everything and put everyone she loves in danger to extinguish Hitler’s madness. Elisa Lindheim is the main character in Vienna Prelude by Bodie and Brock Thoene‚ an exciting and courageous historical fiction book. I believe that courage is not just knowledge but it is also will‚ as long as you’re doing it for what you believe in. Courage is will not knowledge
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An important character in Montana 1948 is Wesley Hayden. He is introduced as a weak and oblivious character‚ who lives under the shadow of his brother Frank. Throughout the story‚ it is shown that Wesley is a lawyer who was coerced into being a sheriff due to the pressure put on him by his overpowering father. In this essay I will explore why Wesley Hayden is an important character in the novel Montana 1948 by Larry Watson. He is used to illustrate the theme of loyalty vs. justice‚ he grows the most
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