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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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    Racism: Two Short Stories

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    affected and diluted by multiple characters viewpoints. The level of intimacy with the characters is also affected by the use of different narratives. In “Let them call it Jazz”‚ we have this strong understanding and coherent feel with and for the Protagonist as the story completely revolves around her‚ having no external factors changing her ideas conveyed to us. Whereas in “A sense of shame”‚ the point of view constantly shifts from character to character‚ giving us this lack of chance to get “involved”

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    Water for Elephants Every book has the same basic hero archetype; a protagonist that faces a problem and rises up to save the day. My book was water for elephants and the protagonist was Jacob. He is the main character of the book. He is seen through two different perspectives. He is seen as the ninety something year old in a retirement home and as a 23 year old that makes a life changing decision. The journey starts when Jacob is days away from getting his degree in veterinary science from

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    adversary” (Merriam Webster). While the definition of an antagonist is simple‚ identifying antagonists in literary works can often be a challenge. Sometimes the antagonist is obvious‚ such as Nils Krogstad from The Doll’s House. Other times the protagonist is the villain while the antagonist is the hero‚ as Macbeth and Macduff in Macbeth. Furthermore‚ sometimes the antagonist is an abstract figure or idea‚ such as society in The Stranger. Such is the case in the Athenian tragedy Oedipus Rex‚ written

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    The Effort of Bilbo Baggins

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    CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION In this chapter‚ the researcher presents background of the study‚ identification of the problems‚ limitation of the problems‚ formulation of the problems‚ objective of the study‚ significance of the study and presentation. A. Background of the Study Doing struggle and effort in life is important to achieve something just like dream‚ future-plan‚ and achieving aims and goals. Life needs effort. As humans people faced many problems in their life and they

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    six-year relationship. Taken for granted when he had her‚ the narrator spends the years following his breakup recovering from the loss of his beloved fiancée in his life. Moore’s piece shows a different side of an unfaithful relationship‚ with her protagonist being the mistress. Her character cares less about the concept of cheating than Diaz’s character comes to. She also functions very differently in the face of her relationship deprecating‚ where unlike Diaz’s character who unsuccessful in his similar

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    subject matter and the death of one or more main characters. These plays rarely have a happy ending.  Is a serious drama where the protagonists begin happily and ends in misery and failure. It emphasizes the characters more than the situation. It focuses on the tragic flaw of the main character which brings about his or her fall.  It is brought about when the protagonist or tragic hero casts aside prudent human behavior‚ creates a state of disorder‚ and reaps the consequences of his or her actions

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    his decisions. Nichols achieved this by using subjective shots in the film. The cinematography in this film shows many symbols that are often the protagonist’s point of view which caused the audience to feel a sense of support and empathy for the protagonist. In the opening scene of the film‚ the camera is zoomed up on Benjamin’s face‚

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