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    and something is wrapped around so you can’t move now you open your eyes and turn your head to see what is next to you and you are faced with hundreds of people that are as tiny as your finger. That’s what happened with the character Gulliver in this book. He is the main character in this book‚ a son of a middle-class family in Nottinghamshire‚ England and he’s also a doctor with two distinctive gifts. He’s very smart and he enjoys watching and learning from people’s manners and actions. He also likes

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    provocative‚ unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles‚ this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic cast of characters’ struggles to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another’s lives. In the gray area between black and white‚ victim and aggressor‚ there are no easy answers. Funny‚ powerful‚ and always unpredictable‚ "Crash" boldly reminds us

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    baby sister‚ but thank you for the cigarette.” From the beginning of the film Rooster is displayed as a rough character. In the book he does come off as rough‚ but he is still willing to at least talk with Mattie about her offer over super‚ while in the film he closes the conversation and leaves Mattie to her search for a suitable marshal to find Tom Chaney. Mattie Ross is another character that displays more “grit” in the movie than in the novel. The characteristic that gives Mattie the definition

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    Clutters. Susan said that she didn’t know anything about them so they both went back to the Clutters farm‚ entered the house‚ and found Nancy in her bedroom floor‚ dead from a shotgun blast to the head. The sheriff police gets there and town officials as well uncover the rest of the family dead. Bonnie in her bedroom‚ also shot in the head‚ Mr. Clutter and Kenyon‚ in the basement of the house‚ the kenyon shot in the face shot Mr. Clutter’s throat was slit. No one from the town believed what had happened

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    “You didn’t give him time enough to choose!” yells Tessie. “It wasn’t fair!” Many of the characters from the short story‚ The Lottery‚ do not agree with this tradition to throw stones a. In fact‚ many of the characters show more than one opinion on this matter once they learn of the winner. One example of a two-sided character is when Tessie starts protesting against the crowd when her husband‚ Bill‚ “wins” the lottery. She shouts “You didn’t give him time enough to choose”‚ and “everyone

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    Unwind Character Analysis

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    Risa’s character is an extremely talented young girl. So far in the novel Risa has showed us that she can do amazing things. For example on page 19‚ the author states.“She knows she could play the sonata in her sleep—in fact‚ she often does. So many nights she would

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    struggle between the character and a clash between two or more characters with different interests. A conflict presents itself in various forms. It may also come willingly or unwillingly affecting a person’s mind or a person’s actions. A conflict can either be a blessing or a curse. This essay will show how 3 books with different conflicts changed a character’s life or the characters’ way of thinking. In the story “Scorpions” by Walter Dean Myers‚ Jamal Hicks is the main character. Jamal faces a

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    Are the main characters in The Alchemist and The Pearl immature? In the books The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ and The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ the main characters are both immature‚ but in different ways. In The Alchemist‚ the main character Santiago is a relatively immature person if compared to the end. He becomes wiser during the course of his journey‚ learning more about the world. Before Santiago achieves his Personal Legend‚ he does not know as much about the world. At the start of the book

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    Dickie Character Analysis

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    In Dystopian Literature‚ characters tend to get curious a numerous amount of times for many reasons. In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the main character Jonas‚ who is 12-year-old who is supposed to get a job assigned. Instead‚ he is selected for the job of the receiver‚ who maintains all the memories. Throughout the story‚ he discerns that these memories should be given to everyone and not locked away‚ since there are many secrets and wants to know all. Dickie‚ from Examination Day by Henry

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    childhood friends‚ Twyla and Roberta‚ one black one white‚ growing up in a children’s shelter in the 1950’s‚ whose lives seem to intersect over many years. This story is very complex‚ as the author never directly reveals the racial identity of the main characters. The story is narrated by Twyla and is intended to show us how we have a tendency to categorize people immediately based on the details illustrated in a story. The author of “Recitatif” is able to give us enough evidence by exploring the hidden

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