Peter. Ender is a killer‚ a murderer in his own eyes. Ender’s view that he is like Peter and a killer‚ destroys his self-confidence. Since Ender learned that violence is the solution to your problems‚ it makes it harder for him to bond with other characters in the story. Ender hurts people because it is his natural instinct‚ imprinted onto him by Peter’s unhealthy relationship. Peter’s abuse of Ender causes Ender to struggle to create friendships and healthy
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The actors’ body language facial expression‚ and tone of voice affected the viewer’s understanding of the characters‚ plot‚ and theme of the film. One example‚ at the beginning of the movie‚ Dally was acting like a jerk to Cherry and Marcia at the drive in movie. He was speaking to them in a condescending way‚ and wouldn’t leave them alone. This made the audience think that he was not a good person. Another example was‚ when Darry hit Ponyboy. As soon as he did it‚ his hands went down to his
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Kindertransport – Key characters Evelyn is the older self of Eva‚ she has changed her name to Evelyn‚ (this is more English). She changed it when she found out that her father died and her mother would not be coming to Britain‚ she was baptised. Therefore‚ she changes everything about her‚ denying her roots. Soon‚ Faith‚ Eva’s daughter‚ finds out about her mother’s real heritage and is also shaken‚ because her sense of identity and reality‚ she finds is changed. Helga: Helga is
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The Jazz Dreamer Fences by August Wilson is a dramatic and powerful play about Troy Maxson‚ a hard‚ gruff man‚ who has had to learn to survive in a world he does not understand. Growing up‚ Troy had an awful example of a father. He ran away from home at the age of fourteen‚ and had to find a way to live even though he had nothing. Now a father himself‚ Troy finds himself becoming as angry and hard as his father‚ although he has only ever tried to be a responsible man. Lyons‚ Troy’s oldest son from
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exist in movies and stories and are fictional. Take Gilgamesh‚ for example. He was “created by the gods” so obviously he was extremely attractive and had god like features and everyone either wanted him‚ or wanted to be him. But‚ he is a fictional character. I think that the main characteristics that make someone a hero are courage‚ morality‚ honor‚ respect‚ they fight for the good‚ and they focus on the needs of others rather than their personal needs. A hero is a savior. Beowulf saved his people more
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it to destroy it. Interstellar is a great example of power. Interstellar is written by Greg Keyes. In this book earth is in a dust bowl and is slowly dying‚ 90% of the population is farmers and all they can grow is corn. Copper who is the main character finds NASA’s secret home. He found this place with the help of his daughter Murph‚ they came by sand coordinates in Murph’s room during a dust storm. This is assumed to be left by Murph’s “ghost.” Murph’s ghost leaves secret messages for Murph by
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Prospero is one of Shakespeare’s more enigmatic protagonists. He is a sympathetic character in that he was wronged by his usurping brother‚ but his absolute power over the other characters and his overwrought speeches make him difficult to like. In our first glimpse of him‚ he appears puffed up and self-important‚ and his repeated insistence that Miranda pay attention suggest that his story is boring her. Once Prospero moves on to a subject other than his absorption in the pursuit of knowledge‚ Miranda’s
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The character Spaz is a teenager that doesn’t knows a lot about himself. All he knows is he has to live by Billy Bizmo’s rules and stay alive. When Spaz was little‚ he was put in a unit home and then he had a sister name Bean. Spaz loved Bean like she was apart of him. Then he finds out that Bean has this disease called leukemia. She was always sick and even though he was scared and confused he always stays beside her. Spaz was the only one that could give her the medicine she needed by taking her
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In stories there is always a character who is the hero of the adventure. They are strong‚ independent‚ and motivated. The hero Odysseus‚ from The Odyssey‚ is an epic hero‚ while Okonkwo‚ from Things Fall Apart‚ is a tragic hero. For Odysseus‚ his task is to sail back home after the Battle of Troy‚ while facing the fury of the gods. After many challenges with different powerful influences‚ Odysseus must use his master of schemes skills to find his way home. With the help of the god‚ Athena‚ and his
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characterize them as “SHU Syndrome” this syndrome has symptoms of PTSD‚ insomnia and uncontrollable feelings of rage and fear. In many cases and in literature isolation plays a major role on a character’s personality‚ this isolation leads the characters and humans to become outraged and become violent. In Ken Kesey’s‚ one flew over the cuckoo’s nest‚ McMurphy
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