Characters of Watchmen

The novel is constantly alternating between the different mindsets and consciences of the three characters. This proves to be quite confusing for the reader at first, but ultimately enhances the reader’s experience in the sense that it allows the reader to gain insight on the ambitions and reasoning of their varying perspectives. Ambrose Bierce, the…

In the first story that I read, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman, the author describes the mental state of the main character by making the reader question why the patient has such a great obsession with the yellow wallpaper in her room. Something about the paper fascinates the patient and causes her to believe things are happening to and around her that are not at all. At one point the patient strangely described, “This bed will not move! I tried to push it until I was lame, and then…

“Thieves Like Us” by Edward Anderson strips down conventional understanding by questioning the legitimacy of crime and undermining certainty while limiting the ability of the reader to distinguish between the narrator and the thoughts of the main character, Bowie. By breaking down the rules of formal thought, this novel forces the reader to simply just think critically about meaning. This comes in many forms as the novel asks about what it means to steal, whether anything can be set in stone,…

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer My rating: 5 of 5 stars The House of the Scorpion is an incredible novel and is one of the best, if not the best, book iv 'e ever read. The story of the novel takes place in the fictional country of Opium, a dystopian independent country between the US and Mexico. The story centers around Matteo Alacran, a young boy and the clone of a the ruler of Opium (and drug lord), whose name is El Patron. Matteo is treated as sub human throughout his child hood…

the human race. As one of the first few science fiction novels out John Wyndham used many literary tools that brought together a post-apocalyptic timeline with some moving moments. In the novel he uses his ominous setting and his distinct take on characters to his advantage. The outrageous and descriptive setting throughout the novel jolts the readers into a different dimension with deadly consequences. The apocalypse takes place around 1951 in the center of London. Since the first half of the…

Unlike the main character getting exiled by their husband or by losing everyone around them, this main character exiled himself. The main character went out to sea repeatedly which lead to him being exiled. The Seafarer said he did not want to go out to sea because it was so dangerous, yet he was still compelled to go. He was keen…

In Slaughterhouse Five By Kurt Vonnegut, the “main” character is known as the anti war hero. Billy expenses many tragedies, witch turns him into an anti war hero. Billy undergoes many tragic events in his life which changed the way his life ended after he got back from the war. Billy has many characteristic of a shakespearean hero, because he was a protagonist that dealt with fatal conditions. It 's said that a shakespearean tragedy is an “ noble protagonist… placed in a stressful heighten…

Gatsby, his neighbor. In addition throughout the chapters he used “I, my cousin, and etc” to refers to the characters in the book. Also when he was talking about Gatsby he tells everyone about he is “his neighbor”, although he has never met him until this point in the book. Those were some of the clues that the authors used to write in first person, from the perspective of one of the characters in the book, Nick. This book is still written by an author, as Nick…

Torvald’s Innocence In the story of “A Doll House” there is one particular character named Torvald that stands out. In this play Torvald is the husband of Nora, a fluttering wife whom insists of dreaming instead of managing the balances within her reality. Henrik Ibsen wrote this play back in 1879 when life was much more difficult. Life was not bad, but in those particular times women did not amount to anything, only their husbands would. The husbands managed the finances, took out loans, worked…

I first met my Grandma Vita at my birth; she came to welcome me into this world. I may not remember that, but I remember all the times I had visited her in the hospital. She was always in pain from the treatment she had to receive. She tried not to show it, but you could see the pain in her eyes. Later on, doctors revealed she had not been on the proper treatment and they were giving her too much pain medication that was slowly killing her. These are the harsh facts of life. This is what…