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    The Development of Bill Denbrough In Stephen King’s novel IT, the protagonist is an abused child named Bill Denbrough who is motivated to kill the clown responsible for the death of his younger brother. As the plot continues, many scenarios influence the development of Bill. Throughout the novel, Stephen King used the setting of a haunted town, the initial conflict of the death of Bill’s younger brother, and the empowering theme of friendship to develop Bill Denbrough into an admirable character.

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    protect her child from the horrors of slavery. Through her traumas, Sethe runs from the past and tries to live a normal life. The theme of Toni Morrison’s story Beloved is how people cannot escape the past. Every character relates their hard comings to the past through setting, character development, and conflict. The primary locations in this novel is in Sweet Home, a small farm containing slaves in Kentucky, and 124 Bluestone Road on the edge of Cincinnati, Ohio. Although the novel starts out in the home

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    these transitions depict how adolescents can move from a dependent stage to an independent one. Moreover, in order for teenagers to move into adulthood, they must go through consequences and situations that present adulthood life. Tris, the main character, is the bravest person in the movie who demonstrated what an adult is and the way to accomplish adulthood life regardless of difficulties and fears. Furthermore, Tris has gone through difficult situations against her will, which through time made

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    book. You see the theme. Character development shows you how the character progressed throughout the story and changed to enhances the theme. Plot events show the character’s reaction to an event to enhance the theme. Setting puts the character in a place that they have to adapt to, which helps bring out the theme. Although each book has its very own unique theme, all authors use character development, plot events, and setting to express the theme. Character development is one structure authors

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    There are ample ways to describe and trace character development in. The setting in which a character resides, other present characters, and the tone in which those characters interact all guide a character’s development. In individual stories, more specific things can be used to trace character development. In “Cathedral,” television plays a significant role in the development of narrator. At the beginning of the story, the narrator introduces conflict by stating his dislike for blind people.

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    Character development in short story, from I've noticed, tends to be brought on by sudden unexpected twist. Often times those twist lead to the demise of the protagonist. Essentially, there are a lot of short stories that build on a type of too little too late variant of character development. The narrator in Greasy Lake starts out as something of an innocent teenager posing as a tough guy. In the beginning of the story, the narrator described nature as "the full-throated roar of rock and roll

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    book Night World, Character development can be shown in three predominate characters. Character development can be shown when Poppy overcomes her fear of having pancreatic cancer and becomes stronger than she was before. Character development can be shown in the character Ash because in the beginning of his story he was childish, ignorant, and stubborn, but in the end, he was willing to help and he was no longer being selfish, ignorant, or childish. In the book, character development is shown through

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    Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana De Rosnay shows a great amount of character development throughout the story. Ten-year-old Jewish girl Sarah Starzynski is involuntarily forced to grow and develop as she is rushed into adulthood during World War II in France. After hiding her brother in a cupboard and being arrested by French police, Sarah is brought to Darcy labor camp. She is ripped away from her mother and father, and when she escapes with her accomplice Rachel they are hidden by Jules and Geneviéve, a

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    Thesis: By trusting/valuing your feelings, friends and social activities, individuals can reconstruct/redefine their “ideal” lifestyle and persevere through their life conflicts. Literary Element #1: Character Development: Cole In this novel most events and interactions come to an end. First, Cole reveals that his mom passed away; he has an isolated relationship with his father and just broke up with the girl who guided him through every tough situations; he also loses his best friend and at the

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    Than Fiction Character Development The amount of characters in “Stranger than Fiction” is plenty for a movie, but only one person in the film had shown character development. That Character in the film Harold Crick, he definitely changed from the beginning of the film to the end. A few character developments were used to describe Harold, such as, personal history, what they say, what others say about them, and physical appearance, etc.… One way Harold Crick had character development was what the

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