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    and self perception. The Antagonist by Lynn Coady elucidates that an individual’s socially-constructed identity can greatly impact their self-identity. In the novel, the main character Gordon “Rank” Rankin Jr. had his identity created for him by his vulgar and patronizing father, as well as the social interactions he encountered throughout his life. Finally, throughout the novel, Rank has been trying to modify his public perception to match his self perception. The Antagonist expresses that…

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    There is one protagonist in the story and that is the retired soldier, who takes on the quest of figuring out where the twelve go dancing every night. The story has a more traditional protagonist but, it also has are nontraditional antagonist considering the antagonists are the twelve sisters who do not want anyone to find out where they go at night and will try and stop the soldier by attempting to drug…

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    Canadian Novelist, Ernest Buckler, is a much better writer than British writer Mary McCluskey. I believe this can be proven when one compares the short stories "Penny in the Dust," by Buckler, and "Gifts to the Dark Gods, " written by McCluskey. "Penny in the Dust" is about a man 's memories of his father when he was child, and how he learned that his father loved him. "Gifts to the Dark Gods" is about a psychotic woman who believes she has to steal two items from stores by Friday every week.…

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    manipulate Cassio with words, Iago tries other means such as making Cassio drunk so that he loses his inhibitions as well as common sense. This could clearly link to the tragic genre as we see the manipulative skills that Iago possess and as the antagonist of the play, it could be seen that his purpose is to cause Othello’s tragic downfall…

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    LOGLINE When an accountant is convicted of a white collar crime, he gets a first-hand look at life on the inside and discovers a whole new and absurd world of orange collar crime. SYNOPSIS When accountant, David Barnes is convicted of tax evasion, his pseudo lawyer, Louis Fishbein, isn’t able to get him off. David is sentenced to prison at Fort Dicks and has to leave his girl friend, Judy, behind. Barnes is sent to Fort Dicks, a felony “camp” for white-collar crimes. There he meets a cast of…

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    ‘Railsea’ is a story about a young doctor’s apprentice – Sham Yes ap Soorap – aboard a mole-hunting train exploring his dystopian world. Through his travels Sham finds two other characters determined to set out on an odyssey to the mysterious and controversial ‘end of the world’. All three characters develop a strong friendship as the book progresses. The story takes the reader through an amazingly creative and bizarre setting with some strange and extraordinary creatures. At the beginning of…

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    there’s no real opportunity to tell his story or to create him as a character. The same concern is created with the characters of Jean Heller and the attorney Fred Gray. The structure doesn’t allow for them to be developed. There are several antagonists, yet none of them stand out, as being the main adversary. Thus, because of the structure, the tension is mild. Tension should build and intensify as the story progresses. The main character should undergo some character growth too. In…

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    A bildungsroman is a novel about the coming of age, with the character experiencing difficulties which allow them to gradually gain maturity. In The Metamorphosis, Gregor slowly starts realizing that his family is dependent on him and that is something he does not want to accept. Through a series of events which contribute to the overall growth of the character, Gregor gains self realization, ending in his death. The Metamorphosis is an example of a bildungsroman, emphasizing the power of money…

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    It’s just another day for me. Another day to be slayed by the knight and watch in envy as he carries the princess to ‘safety’. My life is only a fairytale. A fairytale in which I am the villain and the knight is the hero. I never wanted to be born like this and I mostly certainly don’t want it to continue happening. However, it cannot come to a halt. I have endless lives and endless nights and days to cry out in agony on how fucking bad my life is. When I try to speak, a blazing blue inferno…

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    Inside A vigilantly Unless you have been living under a rock over the past decade you have probably heard young adults exclaim their excitement to go home and “Netflix and chill”. Several networks have produced hard hitting dramas over the last few years that have Americans “binge-watching” and becoming highly more emotionally invested than ever before. Two of my personal favorites are Kurt Sutter’s: Sons of Anarchy and HBO’s Dexter. Both of the shows depict its main character involved in…

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