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    and many other things. It seems almost impossible to satisfy anyone’s views on what it means to reach these aesthetics. From reading “Fences” by August Wilson and “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller‚ it is undoubtedly seen how flawed their main characters are. In every aspect of perfection‚ Willy and Troy contradict it with their own despicable personalities and thoughts. Though‚ through all of

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    youth. Additionally‚ by characterizing him in this manner‚ Salinger utilizes Holden’s desire to act both older and younger than his age to convey the dangers that come with poor decision making‚ as well as their consequences. Lastly‚ he uses the characters of Mr. Spencer and Mr. Antolini to act as voices of reason to Holden‚ while also showing Holden’s missed opportunities in life when he does

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    Character Development and Characterization In the story‚ all the character’s actions were believable since all the character’s actions would be exactly identical to human beings behavior in the Earth. For instance‚ Harriet went to Tokyo for a modeling job. That seems reasonable‚ but it does sound difficult. Another example would be that Harriet and her boyfriend broke up. That does happen in the real world too. A portion of the character’s actions of the story was somewhat memorable. Not all of

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    Hurston creates the character Mrs. Hurston to display what Janie could have turned out to be if not for Janie’s kind personality. Mrs. Turner is a part black women‚ with a “slightly pointed” nose‚ “thin lips” (140). These physical characteristics is what sets her apart from the other black people‚ the same can be said about Janie’s hair. However‚ Janie does not feel much different from the people with completely black heritage because it is not important to her. Instead Janie focuses on each person’s

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    Claire’s character has the most prominent role in the progression of the dehumanization of all the characters in this play. Through comparing the antecedent action and the events that occur over the span of the play‚ there is a point of revelation that appears to connect both timelines. Though‚ not only is Claire affected; ultimately‚ she spreads her repressed spite to the towns people‚ ultimately resulting in Ill’s death and the foremost corruption of the town. The events that Claire had gone through

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    Laurel is also a main character in HGAM. Laurel is portrayed as a beautiful Mexican American woman who has a white skin‚ a long brown hair‚ and pretty grey eyes. She is a quiet and passive woman but she tries to gives her best for Annalise. Laurel is also curious to find the reason why Annalise hires her. Picture 17 that was taken by using medium shot shows a conversation between Laurel and Bonnie. Laurel is asking Bonnie why Annalise chooses her because another Keating’s five have the reason. She

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    Mr. Rowe Junior Honors English 26 January 2014 How funny is that? James Thurber is an American author who has a very unique sense of humor‚ using events and references from his childhood. On December 8‚ 1894‚ self-described “night of the wild portent”‚ Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Mary Thurber gave birth to their second child‚ James Grover Thurber‚ in Columbus Ohio. He came into the world with one older brother named William. He later had a younger brother named Robert. No one knew at that time

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    March 7‚ 2015 English Composition 2 Casey Baker Paper 4 Analysis of Charles Portis’s novel “True Grit” Some people would argue that in the novel True Grit the main character‚ Mattie Ross‚ is selfish and naïve. I think that Mattie is brave‚ intelligent‚ and focused on her goals. I think that Mattie was very brave; she took on and witnessed many things that would be foreign to all other fourteen-year-old girls. She says “perhaps you can imagine how painful it was for us to go directly from that

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    Funny Boy‚ a novel by Shyam Selvadurai‚ tells us a story through the eyes of a growing Tamil homosexual boy‚ Arjie. By using a first person narrator‚ Selvadurai vividly describes Arjie¡¯s struggle to negotiate life in Sinhala-dominated Colombo. Besides‚ the horrible ethnic violence between Tamil and Sinhalese in Sri Lanka was also highlighted throughout the novel. Selvadurai developed the theme of ethnic violence by telling various incidents and facts through the narrator of Arjie‚ beginning with

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    MAIN CHARACTERS INFORMATION Hazel Grace Lancaster A 16 year old girl who has thyroid cancer which spreads to her lungs later on‚ has a high chance of dying early. At first‚ she is depressed and is hopeless about her life. She tries to avoid meeting people and making new friends in the Support Group. She is conscious and always think that she’s a grenade‚ since she might lose her life anytime. She hopes to bring less harm to the world and everyone around her because of her existence. So she is feared

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