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    school acquaintances. The characters with such traits, basically includes everyone in the story except Jesse and Leslie, who we learn have the round character trait. Jesse and Leslie have the advantage in the story; in this case, by having the protagonist character trait and we learn not only what they are in appearance and in thought but in feeling, as well. Jesse reportedly in love with Mrs. Edmonds (12) but somehow felt that Leslie had a beautiful quality (28) and Leslie had an immediate liking

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    This is the sixth book in the adventure series starring ex-military cop Jack Reacher, it is easily his most known and most fun read to date. The suspense-driven plot kicks off with a secret service agent, Froelich, telling Reacher to “assassinate” a VIP. Vice President Elect, Armstrong, received a series of death threats from an unknown source and Froelich tries to find out where they are coming from, and the strength of Armstrong's team of security agents is ignored when Reacher “assassinates” Armstrong

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    exemplified by their characters, their reasons, their methods, and the final showdown. The antithesis between the stylized and minimalistic environment in Japan and the "dirty" one in Jakarta, an element that becomes obvious even in the clothes the two protagonists wear. The antithesis between image and music, since the majority of the grotesque scenes feature Aria Prayogi's calming music as we watch people being tortured. The antithesis in images, which is exemplified in the scene where Shohei is actually

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    Character in To Build A Fire In most novels and short stories, the emphasis lays on the main character. The author gives details on his personality, his skills, or his appearance one by one until we, as readers, get the final picture of what the protagonist looks like. However, this is not always the case; sometimes it seems in the writer's favor to limit the descriptions of the main character to a minimum, in order to allow him to put the emphasis on the theme. In the short story "To Build A Fire"

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    A minor character in The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, is Phoebe Caulfield, the main character, Holden’s younger sister. Holden describes his sister as not only the smartest kid in the world, but also a great dancer, and a very sympathetic listener. She’s also known as the funniest little sister ever. She is first introduced to readers when Holden says: “You 'd like her. I mean if you tell old Phoebe something, she knows exactly what the hell you 're talking about. I mean you can

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    The past couple of years have been revolutionary for Pakistani cinema, movies with good production values and strong storylines have made it to the cinema houses. One of these films is Na Maloom Afrad which not only puts forward a well conceptualised plot but also explores the nearly dead genre of comedy in Pakistani cinema. The plot of Na Maloom Afrad revolves around three men, Shakeel Bhai( Javed Sheikh), Moon(Mohsin Abbas Haider) and Farhan(Fahad Mustafa), who under economic pressures turn

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    Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire,” tells of a man who decides upon traveling in the acutely cold and unforgiving Yukon environment alone to regroup with his friends at a distant camp. Along the trip, the man walks across a hot spring which he perceives to be safe and breaks through the ice instantly getting his feet wet. The man knows what he must do to stay alive in such a situation, to build a fire, the only challenge is keeping the fire alive in such horrid conditions. The man tries

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    Unraveling the Setting, Characters, and Symbolism in Ranch Girl The story “Ranch Girl,” by Maile Meloy, is darkly symbolic and full of disobliging introspection. The main character struggles to find meaning in an uneven and arbitrary existence. Via willful ignorance or merely the tribulations of a woman less fortunate than she herself believes, her internal conflict is unveiled as illusion. Yet she remains confined. While her ultimate goal is the modest life with her wanted cowboy, she is perpetually

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    June Lu's Legend Analysis

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    Book: Fiction Title: Legend Author: Marie Lu Juneburg “June” Iparis, of Marie Lu’s Legend, and Faith Connors, of Mirror’s Edge, share and contrast in many characteristics when you compare their origin and importance to their respective series. The two individuals are inhabiting their own dystopian world which are ruled by powerful regimes. Faith from Mirror’s Edge went through having her mom being killed in a “peaceful protest” gone wrong campaigning to overthrow the looming regime, after the tragedy

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    Characters in a novel are the flesh of the plot. With weak characters comes an even weaker narrative. Strong characters are especially needed in works of fiction; without firm character development, the reader can become bored with the story at hand. In actuality, creating a fictional character is not that burdensome. If you follow a few simple steps, then forging a firm fictional character is actually an uncomplicated process. The first step in creating an established fictional character is envisioning

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