It is perhaps uplifting to have a teenage heroine who purges her precious hair because it gets in her way living in a world of teens obsessed with their self-image. Kristin Cashore’s unconventional and engrossing first novella‚ “Graceling‚” has such a heroine. Katsa is hard-hitting‚ stubborn‚ beautiful‚ and consumed by unrelenting ethical concerns. She is particularly serious; one could say she lacks a sense of humor. The story is set in a rich fantasy world where children born with extreme aptitudes
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In the story Otomen the readers were introduced to a very interesting character named Asuka. This character is a very popular high school student who is very athletic‚ and smart. He was famous with the name "the men’s man " At first he acted very mature and manly in front of everyone around him. He joined every sports club in school and usually won many sports prizes‚ he got good grades‚ and always avoid sweets because he thought that eating sweets would make him look less manly but no one know another
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and mutual respect. On the other‚ we have Kathy‚ spiraling back into the bottle and clinging -- because she has nothing else -- to the demented schemes of Eldard’s unhappily married deputy‚ who’s as bent on self-destruction as she is. I guess his character is supposed to be a cipher‚ but the part is undercooked to the point of rawness‚ and Eldard’s male-model blankness makes him seem more like a leftover cyborg from "Terminator 3" than a plausible loose-cannon
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the heros and the good guys. In fact there’s this hero‚ Bilbo‚ who has a dark side of his own. There are many protagonists and antagonists in The Hobbit‚ but let’s face it‚ the only real problem and solution is the main character‚ Bilbo himself. Bilbo is not only the main character in The Hobbit‚ but also is his own protagonist and antagonist. Throughout the book‚ there are multiple ways all these sides of Bilbo are shown; the attack from the spiders‚ escaping the goblins‚ and helping the dwarves
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For my character I chose Beneatha. Beneatha’s dream was to become a doctor. Her dream was not achieved in the play because she didn’t have enough money to go to college. In my opinion she would have never achieved her dream. I say this because her family was against her becoming a doctor. They didn’t have any faith in her and would always make jokes about her becoming a doctor. I feel this would have caused Beneatha to not achieve her dream because she would feel nobody was on her and she would soon
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Hamilton: An American musical by Lin- Manuel Miranda‚ and includes many characters. While each character has a significant‚ individual story‚ Miranda brings them all together to form a remarkable play. Although‚ the play is centered around Alexander Hamilton‚ and as they say behind every great man is a great woman‚ and that great woman is Eliza Schyler. What makes her stand out‚ is that she starts out as just being an affluent name‚ her father’s daughter. As time goes on‚ she progresses in the play
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In the new episode of “The Muppets‚" Joseph Gordon-Levitt was seen serenading the show’s female lead character‚ Miss Piggy. The two started singing together and looked very sweet with each other. According to People‚ the newly format ABC series got another A-celebrity guest with the 34-year-old actor. He just showcased his singing expertise along with the group of puppets. For the latest installment‚ “Going‚ Going‚ Gonzo‚" the filmmaker was a guest at Miss Piggy’s own program “Up Late with Miss Piggy
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During the unraveling of 1984 the protagonist exponentially strays from the grasp of Big Brother and his ideologies. Through events and characters Winston encounters he becomes more independent in his thoughts and opinions which results in his pure disassociation from the party. By the end of the story‚ Winston devolves into a worse state than he originally was in at the start of the book becoming a docile party puppet. His friendship with O’Brien turns rotten when it is revealed O’Brien is not part
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Ophelia is a young woman who is the daughter of Polonius and the sister of Laertes. In the play‚ Ophelia is caught between her obedience to her father and her love for Hamlet‚ which results in tragic consequences. As a character who perfectly represents the “good girl” schema‚ Ophelia is the quintessential obedient daughter‚ a role demanded of all young women in the early 17th century. Her obedient nature can be seen in repeated quotes such as – “I shall obey my Lord‚” as she complies with her father’s
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All through the novel‚ Go Set A Watchman‚ Atticus can be seen as a very different character‚ therefore‚ developing conflicts between him and Scout. To begin with‚ Scout finds a pamphlet labeled The Black Plague near Atticus’ books. As Scout says in the novel‚ “‘I especially liked the part where the Negroes‚ bless their hearts‚ couldn’t help being inferior to the white race because their skulls are thicker and their brain-pans shallower—’” (Lee‚ 102). After picking up the pamphlet‚ Scout begins to
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