Every person has been an outsider at one point or another. Many nonfiction writers such as John Berendt‚ author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Truman Capote‚ author of In Cold Blood‚ use outsiders as characters in their stories.These type of characters help the writer to convey the argument they are trying to get across to the reader. In these nonfiction novels‚ outsiders play a critical role in the communities that they enter. Outsiders bring change to the communities that they enter
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unexpected could happen. Life can change people in many ways. These changes can be small or big. In the novel‚ Alas Babylon‚ Pat Frank shows how people can change at the same time their society changes. He demonstrates how change affects people using the characters‚ Randy Bragg‚ Helen Bragg‚ and Elizabeth McGovern. In the beginning of the novel‚ Randy is introduces as a guy with no responsibilities. He does not work and lives alone with his dog Graf. Randy would sit around and drink bourbon every morning
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crude‚ but wonderfully played character. Would he really have shot his own niece? What was Ethan really thinking? To find the answer it is actually best to analyze the character of Martin‚ who according to author Brian Henderson stands for everything that Ethan does not. Henderson’s thesis starts off vaguely by pointing out musical scores at each end of the film which show that Ethan Edwards does not have a “peace of mind”. What we do know about Wayne’s character from the beginning is that he
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Assignment: Character Analysis Format for the essay: A. PARAGRAPH ONE—Introduction—include information about the author‚ give a brief summary of the story‚ and include a thesis statement (your overall opinion of the character without using I [only use third person in this essay]). Underline your thesis statement. B. PARAGRAPH TWO—tell what the character’s important traits (traits are qualities such as being honorable‚ friendly‚ courteous‚ courageous‚ etc.) are from what the character says and
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Who is Your Favorite Character and Why? October 7‚ 2010 My favorite character from the novel These Boots Are Made for Stalking by Lisi Harrison is Massie Block. Massie is a fun‚ fashionable‚ and sometimes feisty friend. But at the end of the day she is always having fun whether with bean her lovable dog‚ Kendra and William‚ her parents‚ and The Pretty Committee‚ her infamous group of friends that include Claire‚ her guest house roommate‚ Alicia‚ Massie’s Fannish(fake Spanish.) BFF‚ Dylan‚ a
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Very few fictional characters created long ago have remained popular to this very day. However‚ one specific literary character has remained to be‚ if not increasingly so‚ popular in the modern time. Sherlock Holmes created by Arthur Conan Doyle nearly 160 years ago is unique‚ widely appealing‚ intriguing and slightly strange‚ unlike many other characters that have appeared in books in the nineteenth century and later. As well as his charisma‚ Sherlock’s intelligence‚ almost inhumanly so‚ is what
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appearance is described? You paint a picture in your head how that character look‚ sounds‚ acts‚ and speaks. Then finally when the movie comes out to theaters‚ the actor the movie producers cast looks nothing like what you had in your head. Let’s say the character in the book has brown hair but the actor they cast has blonde. It changes your whole viewpoint on that characters‚ but it doesn’t change the way you related to that character. Somewhat like that‚ I had an idea of how Drew Westen looked. Drew
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Character Analysis Form Actor’s Name: Philip John Play: Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage Character: Mr. Marks Physical Traits Sex Mr. Marks is a Romanian Orthodox Jewish male immigrant. Age Mr. Marks is in his thirties Health Mr. Marks has somewhat of a fear of being left alone‚ he panics when he sees a loyal customer go to another person for fabric and turns to alcohol (tonic) for comfort. Clothing Mr. Marks always wears a black suit with a missing button. He wears
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the acting was awesome. Each of the main characters had a very good physicality‚ and they held their bodies in a way that each of the characters would have done in real life. For example‚ Sean Fannin’s character was shy and unsure of himself‚ especially when conversing with Tory Parker’s character‚ and he depicted this by the way he frequently touched his hair as well as hunched his shoulders and held his hands close to his chest‚ which gave his character some reality. Additionally‚ the acting choices
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Ponyboy‚ the main character of The Outsiders‚ and Max the main character in Freak the Mighty share many similarities. For example‚ Pony’s parents died in a car crash and now he lives with his brothers. Likewise Max lives with his grandparents‚ because his mom is dead and his father is in jail. In addition both Pony and Max face the loss of close friends. Ponyboy’s friend Johnny died from injuries sustained in a fire‚ while Max’s friend Freak dies from his heart becoming too big for his chest. Finally
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