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    The character John Bender throughout the movie was the criminal or in other words the bad kid. John really didn’t respect anyone in the movie he either made fun of them or made them feel like crap. John didn’t care what he did‚ in the beginning of the movie he walked across the street and the cars had to stop for him. Also John also bossed everyone around‚ when someone sitting in a chair he wanted to sit in he would make them move to another seat. John has a bad home life‚ when he was talking

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    This story takes place in a happy‚ joyful castle. There was a king and a queen who had a young son who they believed would be the most happiest future ruler of all time. There was a plague going around and people were getting sick. The severity of their sickness was very high. The king and the queen worried for their son. They hired a caretaker to take care of their baby for when the king and queen died. The king and queen died shortly after. The caretaker was not prepared to take care

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    ‘Making America Great Again’: An Analysis of the Great Donald Trump Arrogant‚ narcissistic‚ short-tempered‚ a pathological liar with delusions of grandeur; all of these characteristics have been said to describe Donald Trump by individuals everywhere (Phillips‚ 2016). Mr. Trump has even been compared to the terrifying Adolf Hitler by some extremely outspoken individuals (Phillips‚ 2016). Though a lot of negative things are said to describe Trump‚ there are also individuals who believe he have some

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    appearance is described? You paint a picture in your head how that character look‚ sounds‚ acts‚ and speaks. Then finally when the movie comes out to theaters‚ the actor the movie producers cast looks nothing like what you had in your head. Let’s say the character in the book has brown hair but the actor they cast has blonde. It changes your whole viewpoint on that characters‚ but it doesn’t change the way you related to that character. Somewhat like that‚ I had an idea of how Drew Westen looked. Drew

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    isn’t passed on from generation‚ nor is it congenital. We can picture this like moldable clay. You can spin it around and use your fingers to shape patterns or shapes‚ but once it dries‚ it is almost indelible. In Johnny Tremain‚ one of the main characters‚ Isannah Lapham‚ gets caught in a web of outer influences and wrong ideologies‚ ultimately affecting and shaping her personality as one who values the contemporary standards instead of family ethics. Beginning in the opening of the book‚ Johnny

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    Knowledge Brings Sorrow; Fate vs. Free Will The themes of “fate versus free will” and “knowledge brings sorrow” are present throughout the play Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles. Fate and free will are antitheses of each other‚ just as knowledge and sorrow are. Many years before Oedipus began his journey to Thebes‚ his father‚ King Laius‚ heard a prophecy saying that his son would kill him (65). In order to prevent this from happening‚ Laius had the baby abandoned‚ and had his feet bound together with

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    gods of mythology conclusively control the fate of all mortal characters within stories.They hold complete power over the health of characters‚ the setting and even the very lives of protagonists. The Epic of Gilgamesh and the story of Oedipus The King both hold exemplary instances of this concept. In the story of Gilgamesh‚ gods have a momentous role in the story. Despite their divinity‚ the Babylonian gods display human-like traits. Their moods and ulterior motives play significant roles in the

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    For this assignment I did much research on the awkward‚ yet hilarious character Sheldon Cooper from the popular CBS comedy‚ The Big Bang Theory. I can easily say that the research for this report was far more enjoyable than any report I have researched in the past. Sheldon’s character‚ portrayed by actor Jim Parsons‚ is not your average everyday sitcom funny guy that gets laughs from cheap gags and jokes. What I mean by this is he is incredibly complex‚ yet he manages to be relatable‚ and some

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    stop him. Joker is a very strong villain. He is a physically strong character because he can fight and he runs Ace Chemicals which deals with very toxic chemicals so he must have a very strong immune system and a good ability to stay strong.He is also mentally strong for instance he is a psychopath which means not to many people can tell what he is thinking or how he will try to fight back. He is a very smart character which can be a huge advantage. The joker can rig traps and create bombs and

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    and more intelligent of the two genders. In narratives they are often shown to be compelling and brilliant. However frequently coupled with man’s brilliance is a trait of ignorance. That is just the case in the play‚ “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen; and in the tragedy‚ “Oedipus the King”. In “A Doll’s House”‚ the main male character is man by the name of Torvald Helmer. Torvald’s dominance over his wife‚ Nora‚ is repeatedly shown throughout the play. Torvald adopts the belief that a man’s role

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