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    novels and stories for the audience to be able to picture what each character is like and how they act. In the novel, hush, hush, by Becca Fitzpatrick, characterization helps the audience get a better outlook on the character, Patch. Patch is a fallen angel disguised as a high school student and both the Red Death and the Devil are both evil spirits. The characterization of Patch and the characterization of the supernatural characters in the stories, The Masque of the Red Death and The Devil…

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    The main character in the short story Charles written by Shirley Jackson is a boy named Laurie. Laurie just started kindergarten and he seems to be having a lot of trouble adjusting . This troubled character is constantly causing mischief at school. For example, he is spanked by his teacher due to his horrible character traits such as disrespect, being secretive and self absorbed. First , Laurie is a very disrespectful boy because he is always causing trouble at home and at…

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    Most Dangerous Game” out of the three. This was my favorite because it never got boring it always kept you on the edge of your seat wanting to read more.The book made you question what will happen next, whos might die, is anyone safe. My Favorite character was General Zaroff not because of what he did or said , but how he acted. He never was the same his personality was hard to read sometimes . Not that I agree with the whole killing people thing , but I thought his personality is very…

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    5.) Is there a way in which Nao and Ruth form two halves of the same character? In the novel A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki writes about a woman and a high school aged girl. The two characters are Nao, the high school aged Japanese girl and Ruth the American writer. Nao wrote a diary that ended up washing up on an American shore line and in the possession of Ruth. Immediately, we find out that both Nao and Ruth are writers. Through reading Nao’s diary we learn that Nao expected someone…

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    In his memoir, Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt, the protagonist and narrator, encounters various conflicts, many of which involve in his Aunt Aggie. Aunt Aggie is Angela’s sister and one of the many antagonists in the story. She is a miserable woman who resents the fact Angela married Malachy, a jobless, alcoholic Northerner, and she takes that resentment out on her American nephews. At one point, Grandma offers the children porridge, but Aunt Aggie feels she is being taken advantage of: “I don’t…

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    clear lines between the indication of the protagonists and the antagonist of the story. In 1984, the roles of the “bad guy” and “good guy” is pretty clear, but there are some aspects that can be viewed differently. The author hints toward the main character, Winston, being the protagonist of the novel because he is rebelling against the Party to gain freedom, which is what readers perceive as heroic. We see the story in his perspective and his human emotions become ours in the world where…

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    LOGLINE: A woman is lead to a secluded area by a handheld device, designed to bring wellness to people. She quickly learns that the retreat she attends is less of a peaceful getaway, but rather a game of deadly tag. CHARACTERS: POLICE OFFICER (50s): Standard police officer. Calm, yet on a mission to complete tasks. A CHILD (7): Impatient child waiting for cat. MARK LOWE (28): Overly concerned guy. Casually dressed. Focused on conceiving a child with Wendy (his wife), and her overall safety.…

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    Julio Cortazar develops a narrator who is a spiritual character to explore the world of fantasy with the real world. Through the use of vivid dreams and sensory imagery he invites the reader into the nightmare which effectively reveals the terror and the lack of control after the accident. Suffering the effects of terrible shock after the accident he enters an unusual dream where he is in flight from the Aztecs. He smells war and in the end feels himself lifted face up as a sacrificial victim.…

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    Diana Dudurkaewa Accelerated Eng. 1-2 Mr.Pinkerton 11 Aug. 2014 Taylor Greer The protagonist, narrator, and the main character of the novel is Taylor Greer. Her original name was Marietta or “Missy” as people tend to call her, but she changed her name when she began her journey. She is self-reliant and assertive, and believes that she doesn’t need a man nor children in her life. She has the ability to laugh at not only herself but others as well. Taylor lives mostly in Arizona in an apartment…

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    job of showing the violent side of gangsters and their need for control. The stakes are life and death. While there are certainly strengths to the presentation, the script would benefit from more development in the area of structure, pace, and character development, as well as the professional presentation. First, the opening nicely sets the tone of the world when Riley kills someone. The audience knows this world is violent and fierce. However, it would have been more effective if Riley had…

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