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“The truly tragic kind of suffering is the kind produced and defiantly insisted upon the hero himself so that, instead of making himself better, it makes him worse and when he dies he is not reconciled to the law but defiant…” - W. H. Auden. According to Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher, some examples of being a tragic hero can be defined as having a weakness, usually seen in pride, having to be faced with very serious decisions throughout the story, and the hero must have discovered his…

Many books are similar because of the characters qualities and situations that occur throughout the story. In the novel Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, follows 48 hours of Holden Caulfield, a young troubled child. He goes through many mental and emotional changes throughout the novel, much like Jim Stark, in the movie, Rebel without a Cause. This movie, directed by Nicholas Ray, examines the life of a constant moving teen, and the conflict he occurs while trying to fit in. Although…

Haden Taylor, the central character of “Pretty Like a White Boy”, and Joe, the central character of “Legless Joe Versus Black Robe”, respond to their encounters with problems they face almost everyday and use humor to reduce the pain their problems is causing them. Though the authors of “Pretty Like a White Boy” as well as “Legless Joe Versus Black Robe” have creative ways of crafting their work, these two writers expressed their similarities of humor usage in their characters, style and plot…

novel “Fahrenheit 451”, Montag is influenced by the characters. The characters of part 1 (Clarisse and undefined women) starts to change Montag. After he change in part 1, Montag is still influenced by the characters in part 2 and 3. Also Montag’s character change connects to the theme of humanity. The society of the novel impacts Montag gradually; he is dragged everywhere until he makes his own decision. In part 1 of the novel, characters including Clarisse and the women who burnt…

together. In my opinion, writer has make easy to us to understand, why she make these choices, but on the side, it was wrong of her to leave her son who has disease. “What role does Siobhan play in the book, not just to Christopher, but also as a character invented by the writer? What do you think her literary function is?” Siobhan is teacher at Christopher school. She helps Christopher to be more horizons socially and academically. She advises Christopher how to do thing, example how to be…

shadows; this is precisely the case for Chiyoko in Yukio Mishima’s novel The Sound of Waves. An interesting character who represents neither the purity and goodness of protagonists Shinji, nor the negativity and wickedness of antagonist Yasuo. Falling somewhere in the middle, Chiyoko is anything but a character to simply be disregarded as unimportant. For a multitude of reasons, she is a character essential to the novel, not simply because of her role in the plot, but because she is necessary…

Father, lawyer, caring, understanding, all general terms to describe any person’s character. Usually, the descriptions are positive, emphasizing the good a person possesses rather than the evil locked away in the heart. More specifically, they are the correct adjectives to describe Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Inevitably, every character possesses another facet to their actions, one that can be clearly hidden or presented in a vast haze of evidence. Occupation wise, as a…

as a wholesome character, who winds up badly because he was being just and brave. Aristotle’s view on tragic heroes was that they had to evoke empathy from the reader, and had to be relatable. A tragic hero must also possess qualities of goodness. In the novel, Things Fall Apart, the main character Okonkwo deliberately chooses to have a certain personality based on what he thinks is perfectly masculine. Based on Aristotle’s view about a tragic hero, Okonkwo, the main character in Things Fall…

Everyone is reading dystopian books lately. There are hundreds and all are so different, yet can have very similar characteristics. Like the books Maze Runner and Ender’s Game, they both have very different plots, but very similar dystopian qualities. In the novel The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, kids are sent to a maze called the glade and forced to run and face deadly monsters in order to escape. The novel Ender’s game, by Orson Scott Card, the government picks out the smartest kids in the…

Although hearts cannot talk to one another, commonly, the heart is thought of as the centre of one’s thoughts, feelings and emotions, thus, taking example no.1 into consideration, readers may assume that a conversation about private matters was the focal point of the question ‘Did you give Nick a little heart to heart talk (...)?’ that Tom asked Daisy in the novel. In her translation, Demkowska-Bohdziewicz chose not to use a faithful counterpart but to render the image that the idiom conveys.…