Protagonist Essays & Research Papers

1. I read the book Room, by Emma Donoghue, which was copy-righted in 2010. 2. Emma Donoghue was born in 1969, in Dublin Ireland, where she was the youngest of 8 in her family. As a kid, she attended Catholic convent schools, and then attended the University of Dublin. She moved to England shortly afterwards, where she got her PHD in English from the University of Cambridge. Since then she has made a living by being a writer. She now lives in Canada with her husband, and 2 kids. (Emma...

Crossing Since the beginning of human life, fathers from around the world have played a vital role in their sons’ lives, whom they have had to learn to fish, hunt and survive in general. It has been crucial for fathers to hand over their knowledge to their sons. Concurrently with the development of human life and its foundation, it has been possible to form a social stratum given that it has been facilitated for some people to make more money than other people have. Furthermore, this...

THE HOUSE THAT WAS NEVER BUILT BY HENRY LAWSON I’ve choosed The House That Was Never Built by Henry Lawson as a subject for me to discuss on the relevant theories in it. After reading and analysing the story, I’ve discoverd psychoanalytic criticism is the most relevant theories that suit with the main character and the narrator himself. What is Psychoanalytic Criticism? Psychoanalytic Criticism here means when the narrator apply methods of treating emotional and psychological disorders in...

Transcript of How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife by : Manuel Estabillo Arguilla (1911-1944) Reported by: Ian Juario "How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife" How my brother Leon brought home a wife The Author --> is a story about a man who comes home to his province to introduce his wife from the city to his family. Characters: * Leon/Noel - husband of Maria. The protagonist because he is the leading and the main character of the story. * Maria - the wife of Leon from the city....

A Formalist Interpretation of Windows by Bernice Morgan Conflict: * Character vs. Character (Leah vs. Ruth) – she feels unwanted by Ruth; unwelcome in her home. She has little respect for Ruth’s lifestyle which is filled with second-hand drama, meaningless shopping – little overall purpose. * Character vs. Self (Leah = old and tired, misses Estonia, misses husband) Protagonist - Leah * Changes throughout story * At the story’s start, she feels at peace, even grateful for the...

The Real Protagonist of Antigone “My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold the belt up. So which one’s the real hero?” --- Mitch Hedberg The quote by Mitch Hedberg encompasses the great story of Antigone written by the Greek tragedy writer, Sophocles. Greek tradition defines the dramatic protagonist as one who plays the leading character, hero, or heroine. Stemming from this basic definition, classical Greek literature went on to add that the protagonist is the main character...

Have you ever felt an innate desire to connect to another human being but you were inhibited by the expectation that you may be rejected by mainstream society. People often crave to belong to a group however; it can be fraught with difficulties. Both the film “My life as a house” and the novel “One flew over the Cuckoos nest” by Ken Kesey encapsulate the difficulties with belonging to a group as they are obscured by multiple barriers presented in the beginning. The film “My life as a house”...

How far is Macbeth a gothic protagonist? The gothic protagonist who is seen as the main character tries to overcome human limitations by making acting as god. Within the novel elements of Gothic is seen which is seen highly in the characters as well as other aspects. Shakespeare’s Macbeth consists of the central protagonist who is Macbeth himself. Thus, Macbeth is seemed as a gothic protagonist because he urges for a gothic goal which is often for more power. A gothic protagonist is known to...

Tom, Amanda and Laura are the main characters of the play. Laura is an important character, as is Amanda, but they are not the protagonist. Tom Wingfield is the protagonist; the story belongs to him. "The protagonist of a literary work is the main character, who must change in some way during the course of the events, even if the change is entirely internal. Tom is clearly the protagonist of The Glass Menagerie. Although he is not heroic and will probably never triumph over his obstacles,...

Compare the presentation of the protagonist in ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ and ‘Vendetta’ In this essay I am going to compare the two main characters in ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’ and ‘Vendetta’. I am going to analyse both texts and provide an overview. The main protagonists in both stories are very alike. They both seek avenge on someone they dislike, they are both females and most importantly, they are both murderers. The authors surprise the reader as the tone at the beginning of the texts...

To what extent does the author show the development of the character of firdaus throughout the novella 'woman at point zero'? Woman at point zero is a novella written by feminism activist Nawal El Saadawi. It focuses on the life of an Egyptian woman, Firdaus. She is throughout the book oppresses by life, society and most of all, men. As she grows as a character we see how Firdaus' views on life and her own view of herself develops, turning her into the hollow shell of a woman she is at the...

Many intriguing characters in literature are devised from the apprehension women have encountered with men in the institution of marriage. Although portrayed differently, marriage is perceived as a constraint to the protagonists. This has been presented very well in “The Way Up To Heaven” penned by Roald Dahl who blatantly critiques the accepted societal roles of women in the mid-twentieth century and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin who highlights a woman’s plight in the 19th century. This...

How does Wilfred Owen provoke sympathy for his protagonist in ‘Disabled?’ Owen provokes sympathy for his main character throughout the book and in every stanza. In the opening stanza Owen connects the reader with the main character, by making the reader feel sorry for him. The boy feels as though he is ‘waiting for dark,’ this makes the reader feel pity on the boy, as he knows he is waiting to die. By connecting the reader with the protagonist they feel more sympathy for him and they feel...

Osborne’s use of Language is ‘Look Back in Anger’ / Language as a protagonist in ‘Look Back in Anger’ The basis of any great dramatic play lies in its devilment of plot or of characters, but in Look Back in Anger, the chief characteristic seems its reliance on action which is based on the use of language in the play. Undoubtedly, the action of the play is mainly psychological and involves necessary use of language. The characters have fluctuating thoughts, hidden emotions and relational...

Question: How does Daniel Keyes create a protagonist and an antagonist within one character in the story? In Flowers for Algernon, the developmentally disabled Charlie Gordon lives a very innocent life. However, Charlie is harshly treated by his coworkers and his mental superiors, causing him to be viewed as the protagonist of the story. Due to the fact that the story is written in the perspective of Charlie, the reader begins to develop a strong relationship with him. When Charlie...

“How does tradition constrain the protagonists of the novel ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ and the film ‘Chocolat’?” Tradition is a show of belief and a practice. It surrounds us in its entirety, in our everyday lives through small, petty shows and in much grander examples such as marriage. Time and time again society has scrutinized women overcoming the challenge of a chastising tradition, their triumph over predetermined limitations and in Laura Esquivels ‘Like water for chocolate (LWC)’ and...

 ANALYSIS OF THREE PROTAGONIST CHARACTERS IN DIFFERENT TEENAGE SHORT STORIES: ‘’NEXT TERM, WE’LL MASH YOU’’ BY PENELOPE LIVELY, ‘’SECRETS’’ BY BERNARD MACLAVERTY AND ‘’THE LICENCE’’ BY FRANK TUOHY Penelope Lively ‘’Next Term, We’LL Mash You’’ (1987), Frank Tuohy ‘’The Licence’’ (1964) and Bernard MacLaverty ‘’Secrets’’ (1977) all these three authors wrote didactic literature about young adults and the problems they have to face. The short stories...

Keshawn Murray March 19, 2013 Ms. Gooden, D. The Rise of a Star: LeBron James By. David Lee Morgan, JR. Summary “The Rise of a Star” is a book about a young athlete making it to the NBA. The book is a biography on LeBron James. It tells about how rough LeBron’s life was before he started making money in the pros. It also tells how he kept himself out of trouble and came to love basketball, not many people come out of gang related cities successful. The book goes through his life beginning...

TV Act Drama Structure Each Act is roughly 10-14 pages - depending how long your teaser is. When you break the story, first concentrate on just the beats that push the plot, then add the emotional color and character stuff. I'll throw down the basics in a four act structure, then get into more detail in the (parentheses).... Teaser: 4-5 pages. Introduce the mystery/ character problem. (Hook your audience, make this as potent as possible) Act One: Introduce the main elements of the...

The Lady’s Maid Analysis The story under analysis is “The Lady’s Maid” written by an outstanding novelist Katherine Mansfield in 1920. She was an author best known for her short stories about ordinary people, which often ask difficult questions. Mansfield's creative years were burdened with loneliness, illness, jealousy alienation that reflected in her work with the bitter depiction of marital and family relationships of the middle-class characters. Like a Russian writer Anton Chekhov,...

Two Kinds by Amy Tan: Literary Analysis - There are many key elements which together make up a story, namely a story's setting, its main characters, the plot, and the symbolism it contains. A story's setting is usually described in the beginning of the story, giving an explanation of where and when the story is taking place. Many stories have a protagonist and an antagonist as well as other key characters. The protagonist is the "hero or antihero; (the) character you tend to 'root for'." . The...

Analysis of “Loose Change” by Andrea Levy Our world consists of multiple cultures and ethnicities, which makes it difficult for people to understand a culture different from their own. The cultural gap between nations is deep and therefore western people, who are protected from many of the cruel facts of life feel scared and uncomfortable when these facts come too close, which is what the story “Loose Change” is about. The story is about local identity in opposition to ethnicity and focuses on...

Last leaf is a short story that entails the treasury of life and the existence of faith and hope. It heeds to the importance of living and how we deal with the hindrances we battled through our life story. It is a moving story across the traps that come across us in the most significant part of our lives. The value of life is the centerpiece of the story where all things go back and revolve. A part of the story gives us a hint that God is the only one who knows whether we ride on with life and...

Akash Pathak Goodine English 112 March 15, 2012 More Than the Eyes Can See “Cathedral” begins with the narrator introducing his wife’s friend, Robert, who is coming to the narrators’ house to spend the night. He had recently lost his wife and the narrators’ wife had invited him to visit her after years of separation. She had met Robert when she landed a job to read to a blind man and they kept in touch through tapes, even after she left the job. The narrator was not looking forward to...

The theme of a story often is displayed in the development of the protagonist or in the epiphany that the protagonist experiences. But in some stories, there may be more than one focal character, and the theme must therefore be inferred by examining the different experiences of more than one person. Demonstrate the validity of this statement by examining the three main characters in one of the following: Walker, “Everyday Use” In the story “Everyday Use”, there are at least three evident...

SUMMER READING RESPONSE Book: Contemporary Title: The Hunger Games Series Author: Susan Collins Choose a character and explain how the character changes throughout the story. What causes the change? What lessons does the character learn? Peeta, the son of a baker, has changed the most throughout the story in The Hunger Games Series. From the beginning of the story, Peeta is a shy and closed guy, who is always afraid to say his own feelings and words, “Well, there is this one girl....

Everything in her life was working out. She had her three best friends, a brand new boyfriend, and the lead in the school play. Who was she? Madison MacDonald was the name and she is seriously freaking out. Because ever since she got her Friendverse hacked her life went from perfect to terrible. The most damaging secrets are out and Madison was completely sabotaged. Now her boyfriend and she are broken up, half the school hates her, and her friends, and she’s in it deep. And now she has to...

“Look both ways” is a 2005 Australia independent film, written and directed by Sarah Watt. Moreover, the film won four AFI Awards. In the film, a train accident happened in Arnow Hill on a hot Australia weekend and the accident not only impacts the main character’s life but also relates each other. Fear is one of the main themes in the film and it is obvious to show audiences that the protagonists in the hard circumstance who are coping with their real and imagine death. Firstly, the...

Personal Study Notes – Jason Fee – Home by Iain Crichton Smith QUESTION: What techniques does the author use to show what the word “Home” really means to the main character? Introduction A short story I have read and thoroughly enjoyed is “Home” by “Iain Crichton Smith” I chose this short story because I found the authors’ style of writing interesting and the way he showed the characters’ experiences and emotions. The short story is based around the main characters’ understanding of home and...

Jim Furdine February 7th 2014 ENC 1101 Ms. Dominique Marriage Portrayed by Women in the 1800s Marriage has been portrayed as many things throughout the years. In the short stories, The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell both portray marriage, and how it does not always bring happiness. Each story was written by a married woman in the 1800s, this could reveal and interrupt how the lives of a married woman were in their time period. In...

“Lather and Nothing Else” is a short story by Hernando Tellez. The story is about two opposing characters, an unnamed barber and Captain Torres. The main character of this story is the barber. He is a conscientious and well-recognized barber in the town. The main characters of this story are the barber and Captain Torres. The barber was the protagonist and Torres was the antagonist. The barber is a revolutionary, but Torres is the head of the military regime that is trying to void...

Meilyani Grendy ENG3U Ms Disha August 18, 2014 Femininity and Disney Disney has impacted the lives of children for more than three decades now, and has been influencing the way they think even at a young age. It supports and actually created the idea of how different gender, race or age group should be treated. Unintentionally, we pick up morals from Disney of how to deal with certain gender groups. In addition, Disney has put women into different stereotypes that the representation of...

Lovejoy High School 2013 Required Summer Reading List Lovejoy High School 2013 Summer Required Reading Assignment The Big Question: To what degree can one person make a difference? i ter En ng e rad hG 9t mandatory te En e rad hG 0t g1 r in 11t ing ter En ade Gr h te En 12t ng ri ade Gr h Writing Assignment Due the FIRST DAY of School! Carefully read the details on the back. Prepared by Mrs. R. Hunter-­‐Graham aka...

Point of view, character symbol/irony and theme are the three main writing styles that differentiate "The Japanese Quince" from "Hills like White Elephants". Though they may be the two shortest stories in Perrine's literature, the quality of these literatures does no lack superiority. John Galsworthy and Ernest Hemingway are both extraordinary writers and their writhing style are highly commendable. John Galsworthy's use of character is extremely unique. "The Japanese Quince" is written...

Gregory Pyatetsky 10/28/2013 A Street Car Named Desire The play “A Street Car Named Desire” is seen as a modern tragedy. This play uses Aristotle’s six parts of what makes a perfect drama. It is a story of a seemingly upper-class woman named Blanche, who left her hometown and lavish lifestyle to live with her younger sister and her husband in New Orleans, which at the time was a lower class neighborhood, until she got her life back together, but what she doesn’t know is that...

Jamie Jones Section #1542 Assignment #2 Importance of Criticism To fully appreciate literature, we must look at it from every angle possible. There are many ways to criticize a piece of literature. Each way helps a reader to better understand the work in its own different way. I hope to outline and give examples of the many different ways that the short story The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck can be interpreted. The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck One morning an...

Parts to this review: . Setting Characters Conflict Point of View Climax Irony Theme I. Setting . The Destructors: around 1948 - 1950 England - London Little Cloud: 20th century 1920s or maybe 30s Ireland - Dublin I’m a Fool: 20th century, after WWII USA - southern state Just Lather, that’s all: early 1900s, during revolution Mexico A special occasion: modern day - 1960s USA, children’s hospital Defender of the Faith: May, 1945 Camp Crowder, Missouri, USA Paul's Case: 1900 -...

Steve Watson Professor Ridout English 1102 20 March 2012 Society’s monster In “The Judge’s Wife” the author, Isabel Allende, creates a piece readers can understand to the point of empathy. Because her short story examines human behavior in respect to passions, justice, and emotion (love) in a manner that one can become fully immersed in the plot. The author makes use of imagery to embellish not only upon her environment, but also her characters. Allende presents the ideas of corruption,...

Introduction The title of the short story that we want to present is trail of the green blazer. Trail of the green blazer are one of the short story that write by R.K. Narayan. The main characters of the short story of trail of the green blazer are Raju and Green Blazer. The author of trail of the green blazer is R.K Narayan. R.K Narayan was born in Madras (India) in 1906 and starting his first novel (Swami and Friends (1935)). The full name of the R.K Narayan is Rasipuram Krishnaswami...

2011 HSC: Question 1- Elective 1: Distinctive Voices (20 marks) In what ways are people and their experiences brought to life through distinctive voices? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. Through the use of techniques, writers are evidently able to create a wide range of distinctive voices and bring people and their experiences to life. When distinctive voices are created, it helps the reader to...

IDENTIFYING PROSE ❖ Prose’s Purpose : To entertain the readers ❖ There are several features of prose that make it unique from other forms of writing. In this story of Little Clause and Big Clause, These are: 1. Written using paragraphs 2. Contain dialogue 3. Fiction 4. Can be accompanied by graphics (charts, photos): in some source, I found that there are pictures of Little Claus and Big Claus, in order to make it more interesting and entertaining. ❖...

Exploring Psychotic Characters in Literature The following characters are villains, or antagonists in their stories. An antagonist is the character who strives against another main character. This character opposes the hero or protagonist in drama. The term is also used to describe one who contends with or opposes another in a fight, conflict, or battle of wills. In literature, this is the principal opponent or foil of the main character and is considered the villain unless the protagonist...

In the short story’s, “The Bass, The River, and Shelia Mant” written by W.D Wetherall and “Catch the Moon” written by Judith Ortiz Cofer, the two main characters realize who they truly are by the end of the story. In “The Bass, The River, and Shelia Mant the narrator is in love with a girl he meets at his cottage in the summer. The narrator describes her in the story as “There was a summer in my life when the only creature that seemed lovelier to me than a largemouth bass was Sheila Mant.”The...

Essay G “Louise” by W. Somerset Maugham Text interpretation The story is entitled by a woman’s name, therefore it gives a foreshadowing that the story will be about a woman or a girl named Louise. The first sentence begins with the personal pronoun I, which means that the story is written in the first person. Thus, taking into consideration that the author is a man, even before the reading, it is possible to suppose that the story will be about a woman who has left a great impression...

Land of the Lost In Stewart O’Nan’s short story “Land of the Lost” a woman’s life is on the edge of being taking over by her lust for reaching a goal. The protagonist refuses so realize that she is an alone elder woman and that her life is lacking meaning and purpose. This paper will include comments on the main character and her life, the point of view in the short story, an interpretation of the title as well as the ending. The main character of the text is a woman who is working as a...

Interpretation of “Doreen Pope” by M. Loudon The text under analysis “Doreen Pope” is a type of publicistic writing, feature article. The author M. Loudon managed to make this text informative and entertaining for the reader. The article concentrates on an interesting theme. The theme of the article is about the role of a teacher in the system of education in GB. The author embodies the theme into incomparable character. The story reveals the image of ideal teacher. M. Loudon convinces us of...

Expository Essay The two stories that will be analysed are The Hitch-Hiker by Francis Greig and Wattle Tree Town by Beatrice Ballangarry. The Hitch-Hiker has an English cultural background whereas Wattle Tree Town has an Indigenous/Aboriginal background. The cultural differences in the stories give each story different views on situations and different forms of bias. The cultural differences of the readers affect the meaning of the stories as readers would bring different views to the story...

"Sredni Vashtar" Takes a close look into the life and interactions of and between Conradin; his cousin and mentor, Mrs. de Ropp and Conradin's Ferret and God: Sredni Vashtar. It can be described as a horror story because of its character's description, themes and setting. It shows the religious downfall of the protagonist, the death of the antagonist and the lack of coherence in society. Saki emphasises the horror in the main characters, including both the protagonists and antagonists....

Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour Analysis In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”, the main character, Mrs. Mallord, receives the news of her husband’s death from her sister, Josephine, and brother in law Richard. Mrs. Mallord grieves for a few minutes, but then starts to feel happy and hopeful about her current state. She tries to fight the feelings at first, but succumbs to them instead. She composes herself with her newly found hope only to be shocked with disappointment, Mr. Mallord is...

Similarities in Problems and Differences in Endings Every day in real life we go through a many struggles ranging from man vs. man, man vs. himself and even man vs. nature. The most common struggle we all face is that of man versus man. In the short stories “Cathedral” by Raymond Carter and Ernest Hemmingway’s “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” the main principal of the story is that of man versus man. In both short stories 3 characters are used, but in each story each character is completely...

Aimee O’Connell ENWR 106-40 Oleanna Reflection When beginning to read the play “Oleanna” by David Mamet, I expected a more classic and shakespearean feel given the title- one might think of Othello or Ophelia but instead as I continued I found the play to be more modern, it could even be occurring in the present. The first act started off with John as the protagonist and the main character. Though, there is not much to like about either of the characters, in my opinion, and the likes and...

After reading the story Sucker I believe that the character Sucker is not a living, breathing person. He was created by the main character out of psychological need to help him in his daily activities. I think Sucker is a make believe person in the characters mind that he uses to reflect and interpret his emotions as well as what's going on in his life. Sucker is not a real person because he usually, or almost never, interferes with things going on. Therefore, it is almost as if he's not even...

In Euripides’ play “Medea” the main character is a powerful, but controversial woman – Medea herself. Reading the story some people might be confused with the actions that the protagonist decides to take. She is violent, vindictive, bloody and seemingly crazy. By looking at actions alone, Medea would certainly be considered evil. However, the author creates a character decidedly more complex. We can see it through the background story of the character and development of the play’s plot. That...

Explore the ways writer’s present human violence and sin in “Macbeth” and the dramatic monologues of Robert Browning Weakness and fatal flaws in literature reflect human nature. This means the reader can relate to the main character. In the two dramatic monologues by Robert Browning and in the play, ‘Macbeth’, each protagonist has a fatal flaw which is made evident in the first few scenes or stanzas of the narrative. Macbeth is motivated by ambition whilst in the Robert Browning’s monologues;...

AP English Literature and Composition Character Name(s) _______________________________________________________________ Score _____ / 30 I. Provide an example of each of these literary terms for character from any of the short stories in this section. Characterization: Antihero: Dynamic: Static: Foil: Flat: Stock: Round: Saving Sourdi by May-Lee Chai (Page 121) 1. How does your response to Nea develop over the course of the story? Is she a dynamic or static character?...

Fortune’s Folly: D. H. Lawrence’s Rocking-Horse Lesson on Luck’s Course D. H. Lawrence’s The Rocking-Horse Winner is a poetic and concise critique of the notion of luck, which effectively uses universal symbols and devices to communicate the ideas through contrast that reveal folly in the almost religious ideals held by many towards the concept of fortune. Set near Hampshire, England, the story is already given an iconic start to it’s theme, as it centers the plot around one of the most...

Setting and Characterization in "Greasy Lake" The path to becoming an adult is lined with a variety of childhood and adolescent experiences, some more painful than others. In T. Coraghessen Boyle's short story, "Greasy Lake," Boyle masterfully uses the setting and the protagonist's experience to teach us an old but vital lesson: those who choose not to learn and grow from their past mistakes are destined to repeat them, and thus will never mature and realize their true potential. In the...

Stolpestad by William Lychack Stolpestad is a short story written by William Lychack, published in 2008, is about a policeman who gets called out at the end of his shift, to help a 9 year old boy with his suffering dog. Stolpestad is the main character in the story and the protagonist. He is not at all captivated by the task at hand, which I believe to be the antagonist of the story, but follows his orders and heads out to accomplish this odd task and shoots the dog. In the end he is...

Disney Channel Movies: the baseball player who also enjoys cooking but is afraid of what his father will think; the boxer who likes to Double Dutch and cannot decide on doing what he loves or doing what his father loves; the basketball player who wants to be more than “just Troy, the basketball guy.” The list is never-ending. Obviously, Disney has spent millions of dollars creating essentially the same films, stressing the importance of being true to one’s own self. Contrary to Disney’s...

The Glass Menagerie Character Analysis "The play is memory" (5). The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a play narrated by the character Tom about his memory of his life with his family in the thirties. Although he is absent for the majority of the latter half of the play, Tom is the main character. Tom is also the protagonist, despite his bad qualities. The antagonist is a character never seen, the father. Tom is the main character of The Glass Menagerie. He opens and closes the...

Deanna Graves AP Literature Period 3 Ms. Guy October 4, 2010 The Street In the novel The Street by Ann Petry, there is an antagonist relationship between the main character, Ludie Johnson, and the wind that is terrorizing the city. Petry establishes the wind as an antagonist in the novel to show how the environment is affecting the daily lives of the residents of 116th Street by use of literary devices. The conflict with the wind is a daily occurrence in which every resident of 116th...

THE ALCHEMIST BY PAUL COELHO - FREE STUDY GUIDE CONFLICT Protagonist The protagonist of a story is the main character who traditionally undergoes some sort of change. Santiago is the protagonist of this novel. It is his story and his maturing and learning about life that composes the plot. Through his trials and tests, we also learn about life. Antagonist The antagonist of a story is the force that provides an obstacle for the protagonist. The antagonist does not always have to be a...

This book is an autobiography of a boy, called Christy Brown, with cerebral palsy. This book explains his hard childhood life and how he discovers his incredible skill of drawing and writing with his left foot. This book follows his life until the age of 22. Christy is the main character. He is a child living in Dublin, Ireland with his very large family. He is the 10th child of 22 children. Christy is a character of great intelligence but is not a character with a big sense of humour. Christy...

 UNIVERSITY OF ASIA PACIFIC DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ENG 105 INTRODUCTION TO PROSE Topic: Analyzing short story’s setting. Submitted To: Niger Afroz Islam Lecturer Department of English University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka. Submitted By: Nafis Kamal Reg. No.: 13116003 First Year First Semester Department of English University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka. Date of Submission: July 31, 2013 Analyzing short story’s setting. Definition of the Short Story: The short story is a piece...

“This Old House” by David Sedaris, is a story of a younger adult misunderstood by his own family and most of society who simply just, “longed for a home where history was respected.” After taking a trip to visit an old friend in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, he decides to stay in the city longer by finding work and a place to live. He finds work as a dishwasher in a restaurant hoping to eventually advance from his current position. After finding work, he then unexpectedly meets his future...

Persuasive Essay (Draft) By:Jasper Asian gangster films are portrayed as bad movies. Gangster films in general are always told to be a bad influence since all they are mostly about is killing and assassinating. In my opinion, they can be educational at times. People mostly think that gangster films teach kids the wrong way of life and doesn’t have any meaning in the movie but like the director of Godfather said “It’s not about the character, it’s the way of life.” This is true because...

English 101A Antagonist- the opponent or enemy of the main character, or protagonist. For this word i would use the villagers who trapped Jumpei Niki and the women in the dunes. Characterization- the means through which an author reveals a character’s personality. Women talks about sand being her life and how important sand is to her. She described her character as affection by showing her love toward sand. Climax- the point in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which...

Grand Torino The film Grand Torino contrasts selfish materialistic, unspiritual characters to characters that think of others before themselves. Some minor characters in the film demonstrate selfish ego centric behaviour. In contrast, other minor characters display selfless acts and show care for other individuals. Also this film displays a great deal of transformation through the major and the main characters in the film. The major character in ‘Grand Torino’ is Thao. Thao starts off in the...

Write about this type of conflict, using a piece of literature that you have read. Internal Conflict In most literary pieces there is a fundamental conflict. There are several different types of conflicts, some of which are: character versus another character, character versus nature or any other outside force, and character versus him/her self(emotionally and mentally)- also known as ‘Internal Conflict’. Often, there can be more than one type of conflict in a literary work. I have chosen...

Belonging is a controlling force influenced by our personal situation and is characterized by the understanding of our relationships and interactions with others. An individual’s perception of belonging is greatly influenced by interactions with the environment and their surroundings. This is clearly seen in The Simple Gift by Stephen Herrick which demonstrates elements of belonging and acceptance through the 'pain and suffering' of rejection, 'homelessness' and 'dealing with death' by the...

Tracks - Louise Erdrich In Louise Erdrich’s “Tracks”, I discovered by the second chapter that there are two narrators, Nanapush and Pauline. Having two narrators telling their stories alternately was at first very confusing. Traditionally, there is one narrator in the story, but Erdrich does an effective and spectacular job in combining Nanapush and Pauline’s stories. The central and main character is Fleur Pillager. She in fact is the protagonist of “Tracks”. Fleur is mentioned in every...

From the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the youthful protagonist Holden Caufield, employs the word "phony" to describe the behavior of a number of characters including Mr. Spencer and Ossenburger, however it is not them who are"phony", it is the young main character. First, Mr. Spencer, Holden's ex- history teacher, is not described as phony, but according to the adolescent, his choice of words are. Secondly, according to our main character, Ossenburger is not the generous philanthropist he...

In stories, "Fourth of July" and "Shooting an Elephant", the main characters' experience a conflict within themselves. Without these conflicts, it would be hard for the authors' to support their narrative point. In "Fourth of July", it seemed as if the main character was never truly informed of the racism in the world, almost as if her parents were trying to hide it from her. "I wanted to eat in the dining car because I had read all about them, but my mother reminded me for the umpteenth...

“The Taipan” by S. Maugham A story of overweening ambition "The Taipan" tells of an eponymous central character living in Shanghai during colonial times who is extremely satisfied with life. He has plenty of money, a taste for liquor and good food, a successful business, an overweening sense of superiority (he has lasted longer than most expatriates in China, despite his gargantuan appetite), and an unshakeable conviction that he had at last "beaten them all" - in other words, his rivals....

The film, “Memento” was directed by Christopher Nolan. In the film, the protagonist Leonard Shelby has lost his short-time memory due to a brain trauma, he cannot make new memories any more. His wife was killed by robbers, and despite his state he wants to track down the murderer and kill him. He uses photographs and tattoos on his body to make himself remember some important facts. Christopher Nolan presented the plot in an untraditional format so that the viewer would be placed in the mind...

Greed and Obsession in Literary Works Both Pushkin’s “The Queen of Spades” and the movie 21, based off of Ben Mezrich’s Bring Down the House, share a similar plot structure that highlights the self-destructive effects of greed and obsession. While gambling for monetary gain may seem trivial and irrational to the average person since the probability of making millions is incredibly slim, some people are enthralled by the idea that they could possibly have all of problems solved if they play...

Phoenix Jackson, the main character of “A Word Path”, by Eudora Welty, is a determined and giving Negro woman, who, despite her old age and fading independence, frequently makes a long and hard journey to town to help her grandson. The whole story takes place in about a day’s time -- yet this small glimpse into her long life is enough time for the author to convey to the reader who exactly this character is, both physically and psychologically. Physically, she is a frail, old woman. She...

The Things They Carried: Protagonists and Surrealism of War The central character in a work of literature is called the “protagonist.” The protagonist usually initiates the main action of the story and often overcomes a flaw such as weakness or ignorance to achieve a new understanding by the work’s end. The protagonist’s journey is enriched by encounters with characters who hold differing beliefs. One such character type, a “foil,” has traits that contrast with the protagonist’s and...

Analysis of “Her first ball” The title of the story is “Her first ball” and it already tells what the story is all about. This story was written by a British writer Katherine Mansfield and it is told in the third-person point of view. The main character, who is the protagonist of the story, is a young girl named Leila. She is 18 years old and she is from the country. The other main character, the antagonist of the story, is a fat old man. The secondary characters are sheridan girls: Meg,...

Analytic essay of the story "The Rental Heart" The rental heart is a short story written by Kirsty Logan. The story is about the main character who is heartbroken all lot of the time. We don't know whether the main character is a female or a male, and the people the main character dates are also both males and females. Through the story we hear about six different partners to the main character. The story is written in first person narrator, we hear the story from the main characters point...

Daron Seals Mr. DiTommaso Advanced Composition 4/18/13 Literacy Analysis Essay For years child abuse has occurred in real life, and continues to happen in today’s society. David Klass brings up this issue in his novel “You don’t know me”. The...

The Swimmer Analyze and interpret The short story called 乃he Swimmeris written by S.J. Butler in 2011. It is about the main character, who has no name, and her development in a river. She always wanted to go take a dip in the river, but she had never done it. One day she decides that it is the day for her, to do it one time for all. She goes to the river and she takes her clothes off and goes in. She meets a swan and faces the stream of the river and not but least, she faces her fear....

Year 11 Journeys Speech For many individuals, the most memorable journeys are the ones that give opportunities to extend ourselves despite the challenges that we may face. The protagonist in Mark Forster’s film The Kite Runner embarks on a journey to rescue his nephew in which he needs to return to his home country Afghanistan that within the end provides him with redemption and acceptance. Similarly, the protagonist presented in the short film Identity by K. J. Adams and the persona in...

Richard III To an extent, surly there are other characters in the play that show poor characters, perhaps even worse than Richard himself. However, it’s not the same characteristics the share that make them so “bad”. For example, Anne’s lack of restraint and weakness towards losing her position makes her weaker than Richard which on some sense is “worse. But overall, Richard the third is by far the worst character throughout the play. Richard is in every way the dominant character...

Good stories are able to convey thought-provoking ideas about the world in which we live and explore. Works of fiction provide us knowledge and wisdom that help us through hardships and sufferings. Stories with strong characterisation allow us to relate with the personal and interpersonal conflicts, and feel a deep empathy and sympathy with their circumstances which may resemble our own. Tim Winton’s short stories “Big World” and “Long, Clear view” are great examples of what a ‘good story’ is....

Tears of a Tiger By: Sharon Draper Isbn-10 #: 0689806981 Themes: Death, Depression, Decisions Reading level: Young Adults Teaching Connections: I see this as a good book to use with young African Americans because the main characters in the book are African American kids in high school. The novel is also a very good teaching aide because it includes many different types of writing styles like poems, letters and short essays. I feel the strongest point to using the book in the classroom is...

Critical thinking paper # 4. Nowadays it became very easy for companies to advertise their products and services because of the great improvement of media literacy. Today we have a great number of brands which are very well known and popular among people, However, it is very important to keep people's awarness about your product and always create something that could not always retain loyal customers but also attract new consumers. Searching in internet you can easily find numerous video ads...

In the play Death of a Salesman, the plot is affected by three minor characters: Ben, Charley and Howard. The minor characters help the story's protagonist, Willy, develop extensively throughout the course of the play; therefore, they are key elements in the advancing story line. This story line blends and contrasts Willy's closest companions, Ben and Charley. They represent two aspects of Willy's ideals. Howard, Willy's boss, functions in order to heighten the destruction of Willy's dream. The...

Close to the water’s edge When people are at a point in their life where they have to make important decisions that will form their future and identity, it is said that they are standing at a crossroad. Choosing a path can often be difficult because there are so many different ones to choose, and it only gets harder when somebody tries to influence you, such as maybe your parents. Parents always want the best for their children, but do they always know what the best is? Probably not. This is...

Mabel by W. S. Maugham Short story analysis At the beginning, I would like to say some things about the title of the story. It doesn‘t represent anything significant, because it is only a woman‘s name and reader can‘t forecast what is going to happen in the story. The reader can only guess that Mabel is protagonist‘s name. The title doesn‘t states the cause of the conflict. This story comprises all four mine elements of the plot. The exposition lies in the opening paragraph. It represents...

Name___________________ Date ___________________ A Child Called “It” by Dave Pelzer Review Worksheet Chapter 1- The Rescue Part one: Character Identification: Describe who the characters are and what relationship they share with the main character. 1. Dave =________________ __________________________________________________________________________...

"Looking for Alibrandi" is a film which develops the notion of changing perspective through focusing on the central character Josies search for identity and belonging in the world and her relationships with other characters. Moreover, the use of music and camera shots is applied to certain scenes to emphasize Josies attitude and feelings. The use of voice over is applied throughout the film by the main character Josie Alibrandi as it constantly reveals personal ideas and impressions from Josies...

REVIEW: The Runaway King by Jennifer Nielsen THE STORY: The main character of The Runaway King, Jaron, finally returns to his castle after four years of hiding in an orphanage in Avenia and a few months of training to act like a king. He returns and starts practicing sword fighting with Mott, his friend. After a few months of this, Roden, his friend turned enemy, comes with a pirate to see Jaron. Roden carries a message intended to threaten Jaron into submission. How Roden and the pirate...

Ideal Man Ideal is a word with several different definitions depending on one’s interpretation. Marriam Webster Dictionary says that ideal is “a standard of excellence.” The Random House College Dictionary gives a slightly different meaning with the definition of “regarded as perfect of its kind.” Hence, society can interpret the words standard, excellence, and perfect as they please. Each individual may have a different perspective on the ideal man because of the way they understand the...

In the story “The Yellow Sweater” the author uses various elements of irony in order to demonstrate that when you are vulnerable power can be rewarding until it is abused. At the beginning of the story the protagonist, a proud salesman emphasizes how his successful business trip has been. The character displays confidence as he stops for nothing admiring his appearance of a thriving moneymaking middle-aged man. “The success of his trip and the feeling of power it gave him carried him along...

Transcript of Character Analysis (Thank You, Ma'am) ... Main Character She is the main character of this story, because the whole story is centered around her and her journey with the secondary character, Roger, after he tries to steal her purse. Physical Description Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones is a large african american woman with dark skin and hair. Slung across her shoulder is a very large purse in which she carries everything she would ever need. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones...