Based on the novel that I have read entitled ‘Around The World In 80 Days’ written by Jules Vurne‚ the character that I disliked the most is Detective Fix. He was the detective that despatched from England in search of the bank robber. I disliked him the most because he was a greedy person. He made decision without thinking and investigating what the truth was about. Fix was driven by the prize money that was promised if he managed to capture the criminal. Unfortunately‚ Phileass Fogg’s gentleman
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Characters Many of Dickens’ characters are "flat"‚ not "round"‚ in the novelist E. M. Forster’s famous terms‚ meaning roughly that they have only one mood.[33] In Tale‚ for example‚ the Marquis is unremittingly wicked and relishes being so; Lucie is perfectly loving and supportive. (As a corollary‚ Dickens often gives these characters verbal tics or visual quirks that he mentions over and over‚ such as the dints in the nose of the Marquis.) Forster believed that Dickens never truly created rounded
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later comes back to kill him. Love and hate is also a theme. In this book‚ many people had a motive for murdering Warwick‚ but these people were his family and friends. The line between love and hate is broken when accusations arise. 2. The main character in this book is Michael Starkwedder. In the beginning Starkwedder seems to be an innocent bystander caught up in a horrific murder scene. He is a very quiet man who has imagined being a detective all his life. When he realizes the situation at hand
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The characterisation technique that I feel was most effective in the construction of scouts character is setting. Lee’s choice to associate Scout with the outdoors and conveying her as a tomboy was constructed merely through the characterisation technique of setting. This is evident‚ “Thereafter the summer passed in routine contentment. Routine contentment was: improving our treehouse that rested between giant twin chinaberry trees in the backyard‚ fussing‚ running through our list of dramas based
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you be the person to help others? This is a reappearing question going through your head as you read this fantastic book. In the book Fever‚ 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ she shows that it is important to help the people around you. Out of the characters it is an important role to be helping others. It is one of the main reasons some people survive in this story. One way Anderson shows this theme is though Maddie helping grandfather. In the story Maddie wants to help grandfather because he is very
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In the story The Acorn People by Ron Jones‚ there is a character named Martin who is a young boy‚ about fourteen‚ who is blind. They describe him in the book as having “bright red hair that stuck out in every direction.” He was also described as being very tall and slender. He is always in motion‚ he is always swaying/rocking in order to keep his balance. He is very friendly‚ likeable and outgoing. He is also very demanding of himself and he is the most able-bodied out of the group of children in
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A Character Sketch of Rudolph Steiner (The Green Door by O’Henry) Rudolph Steiner is the main character of the story “The Green Door” by O’Henry. Rudolph Steiner belongs to the middle class of American society of the beginning of the 20th century. He is a piano salesman‚ a commonplace citizen on the one hand‚ but on the other hand he is (as the author characterizes him) “a true adventurer; few were the evenings on which he didn’t go forth from his hall bedchamber in search of the unexpected”
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In one way or another‚ every person has felt repressed at some stage during their lives. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a story about one woman’s quest to free herself from repression and explore her own identity; this is the story of Janie Crawford and her journey for self-knowledge and fulfillment. Janie transforms many times as she undergoes the process of self-discovery as she changes through her experiences with three completely different men. Her marriages serve as stepping-stones in her
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Wonder‚ written by R.J. Palacia‚ is about a 10 year old boy named August “Auggie” Pullman. Auggie was born with severe facial deformities. They were so bad that the doctor that delivered Auggie fainted when Auggie was born. Auggie was homeschooled by his mom‚ but when he turned 10 and was about to go into 5th grade‚ his parents decided that he should go to regular school. He embarked on an adventure in middle school at Beecher Prep. I think this was the best thing that could have happened to
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She presents a blind strength that very few in our world possess and she has the identity of a true hero. She has the desire to be normal but she is unique and unlike anybody else which makes her incapable of being normal. Her character shows a certain independence which makes her stand out from the crowd and she has been through more than the average teenager for sure. She was not afraid to break the rules or law within reason and this indicates to me that she will go to extreme
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