Protagonist

Australian Author, Tim Winton’s collection of short stories titled, ‘The Turning’, Includes 17 short stories connected through themes, locations and characters. Winton’s fascinating stories allow the reader to make connections between themselves, charterers and locations. Three short stories that hold a strong connection between the reader and the action of the stories, ‘On her knees’, ‘Damaged Goods’ and ‘Long clear view’. Throughout the engaging, descriptive short story, ‘On her knees’, Tim…

Jane’s estranged relationship with her father is further explored by Hunter through Jane’s relationship with William, who is established to be Henri’s character foil. The involvement of Jane in music is also used by Hunter as a tool to connect and compare Jane’s relationship with both Henri and William. The gap in the paternal relationship between Jane and Henri paved the way for William’s entry into Jane’s life. “The father-daughter relationship is generally the first significant relationship a…

Australia seems to be blessed for producing beautiful films about real life situations fraught with meaning and mystery. The movies “Puberty Blues” and “The Year my voice broke” are of no exception. The landscape seems so realistic on the screen, and the sense of Australia's isolation does as well. The subject matter and thematic thrust of Puberty Blues is the girls’ inceptive desperation to hook into the “in-crowd”, but with a strong feminist kick. Sixteen-year-olds, Debbie Vickers and Sue…

In Shakespeare’s works, the recurring obsession of obtaining honor is prominent throughout his plays. During the plays’ time periods, the only way to obtain honor is through fighting on the battlefield, but honor does not stop there. It spreads to the main characters’ way of life, affects the way they rule, and the decisions they make. The contrasting/ supporting characters even have an opinion on honor and use it to their advantage. Honor is defined as high respect or esteem, or honor may be…

Do all beings deserve equal and fair treatment? Society cares for the individual only so far as he or she is profitable. The play Bat Boy by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming is a about a half boy/half bat creature who is found in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. The sheriff heels Bat Boy to the home of the town’s veterinarian Dr. Parker, where he is eventually accepted as a member of the family and presented to act like a "normal" boy. Meredith and Shelley, become progressively close with…

Dragonwings is an action filled novel, filled with mystery and suspense. Getting to know the characters is one of the best parts of the book. Laurence Yep created this novel hoping that young adults, and adults themselves would love this book because it is packed with hope and desire. The Land of the Demons. A young boy named Moon Shadow was apart of the Tang culture he lived in the Middle Kingdom, China. Moon Shadow was filled with wonder and action. He loved it when his grandmother would…

In the review of “Skyfall”, Roger Ebert talks about the innovation that starts right from the first scene which is a typical 007 style. He later compares the old 007 movie style with this one and how in this movie we don’t see Bond operating any automatic devices, instead he is actually running and going manually. He is performing some real life stunts like running on the train and crushing the VW beetles. Though this is an expected stunt in bond’s movie but this is a total different style for a…

In the short story Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket and High and Dizzy, both characters are faced with deadly situations and begin them with feelings of confidence, which later turn into terror. In my own life, I have also experienced confidence and the drastic change of fear within a single situation. Tom Benecke of Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket and Harold Lloyd of High and Dizzy both experience feelings of confidence and then petrification when they hang onto their ledges. In the early…

Chopsticks – a Vietnamese folktale – retold by Marilyn Bolchunos The story I will be sharing is Chopsticks –a Vietnamese folktale – retold by Marilyn Bolchunos and illustrated by Dick Brown. This short story displays the theme unity and relating to the quote once said by Aesop, an ancient Greek story teller. “United we stand, divided we fall” The old father is wise and smart shows the kids, Thu, Hai, and Ta, the importance of unity in everyday life. He gives a demonstration using chopsticks,…

Nothing ever changed in Gatlin, all the residents knew each other, and nothing new or strange ever happened, until Lena Duchannes arrived. In the book, Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, sixteen-year old Ethan was used to his normal everyday life. However, when Lena became a part of his life, everything changed. Ethan dreamt about Lena, and through an encounter with her in real life, he learned more about his mother’s, his own, and Lena’s magical pasts, information that…