Holden Caulfield is a dynamic character. In the beginning of the story‚ Holden has the heroic archetype of the seeker. The seeker is unsatisfied with life and has a desperate wish to feel fulfilled‚ yet this search causes them to overlook the things they already have. This definitely embodies Holden in the start of the book‚ “…then I yelled at the top of my goddam voice‚ ‘sleep tight‚ ya morons!’... then I got the hell out”. This shows how he simply despises life in his current situation. He dislikes
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Disillusionment. Depression. Despair. These are the burning emotions churning in young Hamlet’s soul as he attempts to come to terms with his father’s death and his mother’s incestuous‚ illicit marriage. While Hamlet tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered idealism‚ he consciously embarks on a quest to seek the truth hidden in Elsinore; this‚ in stark contrast to Claudius’ fervent attempts to obscure the truth of murder. Deception versus truth; illusion versus reality. In the play‚ Prince Hamlet
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Invent a Character By Kimberly Dana‚ Award-Winning Author ©Kimberly Dana Invent a Character - Introduction About the Packet: During author visitations‚ kids will often ask me how I invent my characters. I tell them I think about someone interesting - then I think about their favorite candy bar. They chuckle and I say‚ “Seriously! This is how well you need to know and understand your characters.” In order to help kids invent their character‚ I’ve created this ready-to-use/student-friendly
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Character Chart 1. Atticus: Scout and Jem’s dad Lawyer in Maycomb County Believes in equality for everyone brings up children that way Defends Tom Robinson in a rape case and losses 2. Scout Jean Louise Finch Daughter of Atticus Narrator of story Tomboy Very intelligent for her age Wants to meet Boo Radley 3. Jem Finch Scout’s brother and playmate at beginning Likes playing football Four years older than Scout 4. Caroline Fischer
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Leading a multitude of people to find the "truth" about a village’s most respected townspeople is Abigail Williams. She was the finger that accused dozens of people‚ who in all likelihood were innocent of the crimes brought against them. Abigail was not the single candle that showed the judges of Salem the way but merely the candle that lit the others. Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible" makes Abigail the conveyance of everything the Puritans would have thought as evil. She had committed sins that
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Social pressure often compels people to do things against their own will. The role of the male in a society is based on a stereotypical figure which represents what all real men should be like. In Romeo and Juliet‚ the protagonist is an effeminate version of the males in his society. As a result‚ he is depressed and feels left out. Contrarily‚ Mercutio is a manlier and more provocative male which portrays the alpha male and all his obligations and responsibility that comes along in his society. In
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“A Taste of Honey” Kitchen sink drama A “kitchen sink drama” is a phrase used to describe a British cultural movement which came around in the late 1950’s to early 1960’s in plays‚ art‚ films and television. It used a style of social realism which often depicted the domestic situations of working class people living in rented housing and spending their time off work in grimy pubs to explore social issues and political controversies. The films‚ plays and novels using this style are often set in
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Characters In the characters‚ I chose six of the characters to make comparison. Three characters from Spiderman and three characters from Ironman. All the characters are main characters from this two movie. Tobey Maguire was the male lead of Spiderman. He was act as a superhero who name Peter Parker/ Spiderman. Peter Parker is a nerdy‚ shy‚ and awkward high-scholar. On a school field trip‚ Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically modified spider. After a few days‚ Peter acquires a muscle-bound
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I‚ ‚ read 471 pages of Graceling by Kristin Cashore. This book has a majority of conflicts that are solved throughout the novel‚ though the main conflicts occur in the very first chapter‚ when Katsa‚ the main character‚ rescues a Lienid grandfather who had been kidnapped and imprisoned in a dungeon cell. This books genre is fiction since this story occurs in a very different world from ours. Kasta and the council‚ a group that has grown throughout all seven kingdoms‚ know who kidnapped the Lienid
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The Count of Monte Cristo the main character‚ Edmond Dantes‚ takes on various identities. Some people have even argued that his continuing metamorphosis verge on Multiple Personality Disorder. Those people are wrong. Though he does exhibit similar symptoms‚ Dantes is fully conscious of the new identities he takes on. In fact‚ he does changes intentionally. His purpose in taking on new identities is to seek vengeance on his enemies while maintaining the innocence of Edmond Dantes. Edmond Dantes a
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