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    burst. And now the anxiety seized me…the old man’s hour had come! (2). These are very similar scenarios in two different stories; in both the story and the play the protagonists both have a goal and this is like a final string for them‚ they both imagine these items/senses but yet these made up objects had such a big impact on the protagonist to make them actually commit it. These both revolve around the idea of murder overcoming all senses. Secondly‚ in the play Macbeth gains confidence through the pervasion

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    The stylistic analysis of Richard Gordon’s story “Doctor in the house” by Arailym Zharmukhamed from IN-11-2 “Doctor in the house” was written by Richard Gordon‚ a famous English writer. He was born in 1921. He had been a surgeon and anaesthetist‚ he wrote numerous novels‚ screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history‚ mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He was most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with “Doctor in the House”‚ and

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    people wanting more and to continue reading it. As well as leaving a bit of a mystery. Although mystery and suspense is different in suspenseful story the protagonist gradually becomes aware of the dangers‚ which the readers already know. Meanwhile in a mystery‚ a major event such as a murder or robbery happens at first and then the protagonist solves it‚ and a major event occurs at the end‚ and various events unfold prior to that event. Harvey begins with a date‚ making readers feel as if it’s

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    narrative to reveal the progression of alienation through personal thoughts and the TV people‚ as they are a symbol of new technology in the lives of Japanese people and in the life of the protagonist. At the beginning of the short story the readers straight off get a look into the inevitable alienation that the protagonists feels. When the main character comes home‚ his wife is “is go[ing] out with the girls” (198)‚ he is being left alone for dinner and thats when the TV people arrive which commences his

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    learn your children are not easy‚ whilst living in a country so different from your own. This is the problem depicted in Jean Kwok’s short story “Where the Gods Fly”. The short story is told by a first person narrator‚ the mother‚ who is also the protagonist. Because the story is only seen through her eyes‚ it can be somewhat biased. The memories and understanding of the new culture is only seen from her point of view‚ which makes it hard to respond to the conflict. The mother arrived in America with

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    challenged with major obstacles that come to change his opinion of nature and its doubtful peacefulness. By employing techniques such as selection of detail‚ religious symbolism and sublime imagery‚ McCarthy paints the tragedy which has impacted the protagonist by infusing his journey with the presence of biblical elements as well as incorporating his longing for repentance and mourning. With the aid of such techniques‚ McCarthy identifies the protagonist’s underlying gratitude and respect for powerful

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    Character Analysis of Santiago Santiago‚ a character in Ernest Hemmingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ is a very interesting character who is especially worthy of an in-depth character analysis. By making Santiago really the only important and developed character‚ Hemingway focuses the mind of the reader on this one character‚ which allows the reader to fully concentrate on the actions and characteristics of Santiago. Hemingway also writes in such a way that‚ instead of offering up an analysis‚ there

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    especially adept at making sure that we keep track of these events. This is an adaptive mechanism important for survival.” This quote by David Perlmutter‚ describes how the protagonist in “To Build a Fire” by Jack London did not follow three principles that would have saved his life. The three principles that the protagonist could have utilized from the story‚ “Deep Survival‚” by Laurence Gonzales‚ in his situation that he encountered were: stay calm‚ think‚ analyze‚ and plan‚ and never give up.

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    chosen the last three pages of Chapter 24 where Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist‚ is spending the night sleeping on his previous teacher’s couch. The Huckleberry Finn extract I have chosen occurs in the beginning of Chapter 4. Huckleberry Finn has been kidnapped by his father and is now trapped in a cabin in the middle of the woods. Both the “Catcher in the Rye” extract and the “Huckleberry Finn” extract consist of the protagonists attempting to escape from a character that is perceived by society

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    turns out that Jack and Tyler are the same person and Tyler is Jack’s real name. Tyler the character is everything that Jack the character is not. The story narration is provided by the protagonist of "Fight Club‚" "Jack." The ambivalent protagonist‚ who only refers to himself as "Jack." An ambivalent protagonist‚ usually the main character‚ is someone the audience likes‚ but who possesses character flaws. The character "Jack" is a character the audience will feel sympathy for and even come to

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