...Enduring Love Character Profile Joe Rose Joe Rose is the first person narrator of the novel. He describes himself as a “large, clumsy balding fellow. He always wanted to be a scientist, but because he was too old to do research he wrote science books instead. He is 48 years old (calculated by assumption because Jed Parry is 28 and he is 28 years younger than Joe. He is very intelligent, an analytical thinker; however, because he is so analytical it causes him to dwell on his emotions. He is extremely guilty about the accident and one of his goals in the novel is for him to rid himself of that guilt. He is the object of Jed Parry’s affection, and while he may not do it purposefully some believe that he encourages the attention from him to fill what he may be missing in his own life. He is married to Clarissa for seven years. The relationship with her is the only one that existed prior to the accident. They are unable to have children, yet are good with kids and care deeply about their godchildren. He is devoted to her and seems to be surprised that she could love him as well. However, because of poor communication he damages their relationship. Joe is the narrator of the story and when he is not telling the story it is from another person’s point of view. By having Joe as the narrator is empowers him, allowing him to decide what parts of the story the audience sees. In the movie, his physical appearance is obviously much different from the book. In the book he is described...
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...Short story essay Characters in books and movies are just that characters. There meant to live in the stories created by their authors. But, have you ever wondered what type of people are they? Or, their motivation for doing whatever they did in the story. Characters in books are berry similar to people in real life. They can be boring, interesting, shy, mean, etc. The character Lipsha in “Love Medicine” by Louise Erdrich is a round character as shown by his motivation for making the love medicine, his belief that it might work and his willingness to help his family. First, is Lipshas motivation for creating the love medicine. His motivation for making the love medicine is perhaps the most important thing that defined him as a round character. In the story Lipsha accidently overhears his grandfather having an affair with another woman. Wanting his grandfather to remain faithful to his grandmother Lipsha decides to create a love medicine that would do just that (Erdrich 286)....
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...sense of awareness in their societies, social lives and love. The evolution of main characters in each of the novels shows transition between the writers and characters through close observations of social interactions. Victorian novels more often idealized a sort of portrait of love and luck that wins out towards the end; rewarding virtue and that wrongdoer are punished. This however was to be intended to improve the moral nature of one’s heart. Twentieth century writers had and a slightly different view of that of Victorian writers in which embodied a more modern period and more modern view on life. The concepts of love in each of these four distinct novels are apparent in the way that each are craftily structured. Jane Austen’s Emma use of free indirect style for example on page 327-28 which marks a crucial moment in the novel where the main character Emma has a crucial realization “with insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of everybody’s feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed to arrange everybody’s destiny”; the theme in which this novel centered around a number of marriages and social status. In gaining social advancement was especially important for women if they stood a chance for improving their status. This is not necessarily the case for the other three novels. Emily Bronte’s gothic like romantic novel Wuthering Heights explore the destructiveness of passion that her characters Heathcliff and Catherine share for one another with strong...
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...Kekla Magoon, the author of books such as Camo Girl and 37 Things I Love (in No Particular Order), has a certain way of writing her stories. She also has a special way that she develops her characters and the plot. She develops her characters and the plots of her stories by using description, other characters in the story, and an inner conflict within the main character of the novel. So, how exactly does Magoon incorporate all these elements in order to create characters and a story? Description is an important way that Magoon develops both her characters and the plot. In Camo Girl, description plays an important role in that it helps construct the appearance of characters, personality of characters, and other components of the story. Additionally,...
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...Writing is an amazing thing. People learn a lot about the characters through the diction and the way the author presents his/her characters. Whether the author is telling the audience something directly or indirectly, the audience can characterize the characters either way with the information given. Another way that can help out with characterization is with figures of speech.William Shakespeare never uses direct characterization on any of his characters in his play Romeo and Juliet. To find out what a character is like, the reader must read in between the lines of the play. The reader can also use the speeches, thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks in the play to indirectly characterize them. Shakespeare uses indirect characterization when he uses oxymorons, paradoxes, and juxtaposition to describe Romeo and Juliet’s complex star crossed love. William Shakespeare uses oxymorons to emphasize how Romeo’s romantic nature leads to tragedy. Romeo, in one of his speeches, is talking about loving Juliet with “serious vanity”(1.1.171). The deeper Romeo falls in love, the...
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...In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie, one of the main characters strives for fulfillment in life. Throughout the book, Janie develops emotionally, intellectually, and physically by seeking true love. Making her depict as an influential and potent character, that empowers others to follow their own paths and chase their own dreams. Janie’s development, stubbornness, and hopefulness made her pull her “horizon like a great fish-net.” Suggesting an accomplishment and sense of peace for Janie, of a complete journey to a horizon she could call her own. Janie is a misfortunate character; she was born as a result of her mother being raped by a schoolteacher, and later when her mother abandoned her, Janie was left with Nanny to take care of her. In addition,...
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...theories I have learnt in this term. The film is called “17 again”, which is directed by Burr Steers and written by Jason Filardi. This movie is took place in USA and released in 10 April 2009. The budget of this movie is $20000000 US and the final gross is $64149837 US which is a great success. This story is taking about the main character-Mike O’Donnell ( Zac Efron) whose life didn't quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and is seventeen again and gets the chance to rewrite his life. The genre of this film is comedy romance, which is a hybrid genre as I can find lots of signs and conventions in the movie. For examples, the kissing scenes and some silly reactions of the characters can be found in the movie. What’s more, the lighting in this film is high-key lighting which connotes the meaning of happiness and serenity. Moreover, the mode of address in this film is indirect to the audience which was used the third person angle to encode the meaning to the audience. On the other hand, I choose this movie because of few reasons. Firstly, I love the main character- Zac Efron very much. He has acted in many teenage romance films before, for instance, High School Musical 1, 2 and3. After I watched the High School Musical, I admire his out-looking and his acting skills. Therefore, I choose this film. Besides, the narrative of this movie is very special, which is a non-linear structure and always include...
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...HOW DOES STEVEN HERRICK EXPLORE THE THEME OF GRIEF AND LOSS IN “LOVE, GHOSTS AND NOSE HAIRS”? The Australian author Steven Herrick, explores the theme of grief and loss in the novel Love, Ghosts and Nose Hairs. He explores different ways that family members deal with the loss of the maternal figure. He also explores the life of Jack, a sixteen year old boy dealing with the loss of his mother. A lot of strong relationships were lost, and each family member dealt with the loss in completely different ways. Herrick shows the readers what it is like to lose a family member and the ways that some people could deal with the grief of that loss. While reading the book the themes, characterisation, language and symbolism. Herrick explores the different methods used to deal with grief and loss in the book Love, Ghosts and Nose Hairs. Herrick uses poetry...
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...Shakespeare’s “Othello” is a whirlwind of a story as it follows the emotional roller-coaster of an army general in the midst of love. The role-character, Othello, is an articulate, passionate and intelligent African-American who finds himself unable to trust the love that he and his wife Desdemona have for one another. Although Othello seemed to many as the epitome of strength and confidence, every superman has their kryptonite. Othello was punctual, knew just the right words to say at the precise moment – he was a romantic warrior, and intellectually sound. Nevertheless, as the story unfolds, Othello’s confidence is slowly transformed by his betrayer, Iago, to reveal Othello’s deep insecurities, lack of ability to manage relational uncertainty...
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...Business Fifth Business is a novel, based in archetypes, about character development, specifically developing all sides of one’s person and not leaving any side “raw”. The main character, Dunny, is subject to this experience of developing largely due to an incident where Dunny steals an egg from his mother, and she, in turn, attacks him viciously (as all friendly mothers do) and beats him. This experience is pivotal in the story because it helps open up Dunny to the notion that people have more than 1 side to them, spawns Dunny’s distrust and lack of understanding of women, and makes Dunny a more “raw” and underdeveloped character which originates Dunny’s need for development....
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...Professor Susan W. Keith: Honors ECII Character Analysis: Paper #1- Character Analysis This paper is an analysis of the theme of alienation in Dagberto Gilb's short story, "Love in L.A." From its ironic title to its sense of continual longing for something "that would even make it better, “Jake,” the protagonist’s definition of “love” is expressed in different fashions, none results in anything positive; He portrays being lazy, somewhat poor, irresponsible, and perhaps a scam artist, lusting for materialistic things. Several essences reveal the main character true identity throughout the story: a love for image, self-conceit, and daydreaming. At the beginning, Jake, the central character, is "slouched" in his car, stuck "in the peculiar gray of concrete, smog, and early morning." The air and time around him are an amorphous mass that put him the mood to muse about the amorphous mass that is his life. Disdainful of those with regular jobs and regular routines, he waits for the traffic light to change while fantasizing about all the improvements his car ought to have and all the benefits those improvements would make. His way of cognition is similar to that of a younger person who's greatest preoccupations in life, like the stereotype of most guys, are cars and freedom. When the author states that "[Jake] needed an FM radio in something better than this '58 Buick..”(line 7), Gilb gives an estimate Jake's age bracket. The description the author gives of Jake thinking about...
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... Through the book, The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway, the story is narrated through the perspective of Jake Barnes. Jake’s character has a very conflicted view towards the character Lady Brett Ashley. Jake see’s Lady Brett as manipulative and promiscuous. However, there is a true meaning behind all of her madness. If the book was narrated by a different person we as readers my feel sympathy towards Brett’s character. Depending on the pair of glasses you’re looking through, your perspective may be altered. Starting in chapter 3 Brett is introduced when she walks into a club with a bunch of chaps. Brett is described as, “damned good-looking. She wore a slipover jersey sweater...
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...away in a very direct manner. "Miranda" tells the story of how the love of a young girl is destroyed when it collides with the cynical, pragmatic world of the adults. The story is an initiation story in which the young main character goes through a development which, in this case, involves disillusionment and loss of innocence as her sincere love is destroyed. B. You may want to start in a more indirect fashion. Perhaps with a central quotation from the text which leads you on to the theme. "But she did understand and she sat hating her mother, whose eyes and smile were telling her that making love with Michael was a natural but subsidiary part of growing up; that what she felt that night and since was nothing" (ll. 164-67). This quotation from the story "Miranda" illustrates what is at stake for the main character in the story and points to the central theme of the story, the destruction of a young girl’s perhaps naive but sincere love by the very people she puts her trust in. C. You may prefer to start with a more general description of the main idea/problem and then move on to the specific treatment of this theme in the text in question. "Growing up and entering the world of adulthood, though a natural development, may turn out to be a very difficult and painful process which leaves you with a terrible feeling of desertion and disillusionment. What the main character in the story "Miranda" experiences is precisely such a painful awakening." ...
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... I would agree for the most part with this statement. Beatrice is indeed strong-willed, but her independence has its limitations. As with many Shakespearean characters, appearance can be deceptive, and what we see is only a facade, a mask to hide their true character or feelings. I believe that Beatrice uses her cleverness and quick wit to hide her real feelings, and that although she is independent to a certain extent, she is aware that she has limitations because of her gender. Although Beatrice states ‘I would rather hear my dog bark at a crow than hear a man swear he loves me’ she is ultimately fooled into believing that Benedick loves her. The fact that she is tricked so easily, and subsequently admits her reciprocal love, tells us that she views marriage in a more favourable light than she had previously led us to believe. Whether she gave in to the ‘social construct’ demanded by the patriarchal society in which she lived is questionable. What we do know is that Shakespeare has presented her as a wilful, self-confident, autonomous woman who appears to revel in her single status. In contrast we have Hero, the antithesis of Beatrice. She is meek, obedient and completely dominated by the men in her life. She is the perfect foil for Beatrice, her willingness to please further enhancing Beatrice’s character. It is clear from the start of the play that Beatrice is not an ‘acceptable version of the feminine’. She is strong-willed, and full of confidence, even...
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...and historical novels.In this novel, there are interesting characters that one can emotionally connect to. The main characters include Jacob, Marlena, August, Rosie the elephant and Uncle Al. Jacob is the narrator, he narrates the story while he is in the circus also when is the 93 years old in a nursing home. Jacob is a very kind, straightforward kind of guy. This is evident when he is young and also old. Jacob serves as the circus’ veterinarian. Marlena, the only female main character. Jacob instantly falls in love with Marlena the main performer, but she is married to August. After an outburst, August beats her and Marlena decides to leave and have a relationship with Jacob. August, Marlena’s husband, and the cruel and abusive animal trainer. He is classified as a paranoid schizophrenic. When August does not get his way, makes sure everyone is as miserable as he is. Rosie, the one and only elephant in the show. Everyone thinks she is number than a sack of nails, Jacob realizes that she understands polish and is actually very intelligent. Rosie is a very kind elephant who loves popcorn, lemonade and gin. Uncle Al the cruel...
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