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The Description of the Main Characters in A Space Odyssey (744 words, 2 pages)

Description of main characters David Bowman David was the captain of the Discovery spacecraft. He was sent on a mission to reach the planet of Saturn. HAL HAL (for Heuristically programmed Algorithmic computer) was the brain of the Discovery. He was the best artificial intelligence humans had created at the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Character, Ahmad Iban Fadlan of the Thirteenth Warrior By Michael Crichton (492 words, 1 pages)

Ahmad Iban Fadlan, the main character of The Thirteenth Warrior, by Michael Crichton was chosen as Baghdads ambassador to the King of Bulgars in 922 A. D. As Ahmad traveled north from Baghdad, he encountered a company of Viking Northmen, and this proved the catalyst for numerous adventures. While Ahmad ... Read More

A Characters of Olivia, Katherina, Viola and Bianca in Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (1580 words, 3 pages)

Shakespearean Salvation Matters of the heart are what matter to Shakespeare. He has an unconventional woman fall in love in an unconventional way in Taming of The Shrew as well as in Twelfth Night. Olivia, Katherina, Viola, and Bianca each and every one are courted in an unconventional ways and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Named Ralph in Lord of the Flies (261 words, 1 pages)

Who am I most like? In Lord of the Flies, the character named Ralph is most like me. He is a normal boy who likes to play around, make fun of other boys and, sometimes get cross. Ralph has very active characteristics. In the beginning of the chapter 1, when ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Character Bob Wiley in the Movie,What About Bob (516 words, 1 pages)

In the movie, What About Bob, the main character Bob Wiley is one of Dr. Leo Marvins newest patients. Dr Marvin is an uptight, egotistical psychiatrist who cant wait to get on Good Morning America to introduce his new book about emotional disorders. When Leo goes to New Hampshire to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Character of My Book Was Mark Sway (1219 words, 2 pages)

1) The main character of my book was Mark Sway. 2) Mark Sway is a bad little eleven year old boy with a huge burden on his hands. Mark smokes ciggaretes, uses foul language, and picks on his little brother, Ricky. Mark grew up in a trailer, with an abusive ... Read More

A Summary and Character Analysis of the Red Badge of Courage, a Novel by Stephen Crane (988 words, 3 pages)

Red Badge of Courage Summary and Character Analysis Stephen Crane has written many remarkable poems, short stories, and novels throughout his short life (He lived only to the age of 29). The Red Badge of Courage is a tale of war, life, responsibility, and duty. It has been considered the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Many Different Relationships Between Characters in The Tempest (470 words, 1 pages)

Prospero Caliban In The Tempest there are many different relationships between characters. There is the relationship of master and slave, which Prospero has with Ariel and than there is the master slave relationship he has with Caliban. Ariel is grateful to do what Prospero wants of him because she feels ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters in Tennessee William’s Play “A Streetcar Named Desire “ (2547 words, 4 pages)

Summary In Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, Stanley and Stella Kowalski, newlyweds, live in a neglected but amiable part of New Orleans. One day Blanche, Stella's sister, comes to visit, setting up the conflict of the play an emotional struggle between the tough, harsh, blunt Stanley and the ... Read More

A Description of the Complex Web of Characters and Bonds in Middlemarch (1864 words, 3 pages)

Rosamond Revisited In Middlemarch, George Eliot presents a complex web of characters and bonds that cannot be classified into distinct categories. Dorothea and Casaubon, Lydgate and Bulstrode, and Fred and the Garths represent a wide spectrum of human relations. Rosamond Vincy and Tertius Lydgate encompass one such relationship. The relationship ... Read More

A Description of Allegory as the Representation of Abstract Ideas or Principles By Character, Figures, or Events in Narrative (1087 words, 5 pages)

Allegory 1. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. 2. A story, picture, or play employing such representation. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Herman Melville's Moby Dick are allegories. 2. A symbolic representation The blindfolded figure with scales is ... Read More

Character Analysis of Brutus in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (878 words, 4 pages)

Julius Ceaser Essay Brutus Character AnalysisMarcus BrutusWilliam Shakespeare s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is mainlybased on the assassination of Julius Caesar. The character who was incharge of the assassination was, ironically, Marcus Brutus, a servantand close friend to Julius Caesar. But what would cause a person to killa ... Read More

The Character Development in Willy Loman’s “Death of a Salesman” (466 words, 1 pages)

The character development of Death of a salesmans Willy Loman and Who do you think you ares Rose begin with the same financial background but the novels allow us to differ them by there aspirations and there family life. Although Willy Loman and Rose live with in the same economic ... Read More

A Character Analysis of Maggie Tulliver From the Novel The Mill by George Eliot (1817 words, 3 pages)

Maggie Tulliver Divided Needs Represented in Diverse Relations It is said that George Eliots style of writing deals with much realism. Eliot, herself meant by a realist to be an artist who values the truth of observation above the imaginative fancies of writers of romance or fashionable melodramatic fiction. (Ashton ... Read More

A Character Analysis of Holden Caulfield in the Novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (504 words, 1 pages)

Holden Caufield was a high school student at a boy's academy by the name of Pency Prep. He feels as though he had fought the world and lost, everyone is against him and that little can bring him joy. He had lost his innocence, and saw himself as a 'catcher ... Read More

A Focus on Main Character in the Book Fight Club (1352 words, 2 pages)

Social commentary is the act of imparting one's opinion on the nature of society to another person. This is usually used with the idea of bringing a change in society by means of informing the general populace of a given problem. Problems range in topic and relevance from racism, poverty, ... Read More

'The Two Wrongs of an Alcoholic Case' In his writings, F. Scott Fitzgerald sometimes blends many similar character traits among the main characters. So it goes with 'Two Wrongs,' and 'An Alcoholic Case.' Perhaps it may seem an unlikely choice for a comparisoncontrast, however I believe these stories are very ... Read More

The Unchanging Characters in the Novel, The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (1173 words, 2 pages)

When reading a novel a person usually finds that a character or a multiple of characters within the novel change throughout the story. These characters can change their behavior, their views of a certain situation, or even their personality altogether. However, when reading the novel The Power and the Glory ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of Arthur Dent in the Novel, The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1100 words, 2 pages)

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is a wonderful, humorous book created by Douglas Adams that includes many funny, classic clicheacutes about the galaxy and the future. It is about a human named Arthur Dent who was saved from the planet Earth which was being destroyed by the Volgons, by ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of Daisy in The Great Gatsby (598 words, 1 pages)

"An Empty, shallow Fairy-tale princess who never grows up" One of the main focuses in the novel, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is the character of Daisy as she is the goal for which Gatsby strives. Although she is an intricate part of the plot and adds to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of Olenka in the Story, The Darling by Anton Chekhov (320 words, 1 pages)

In the story "The Darling", by Anton Chekhov, Chekhov has a sympathetic attitude towards Olenka. According to him Olenka was a person who needed love and company in order to survive and to have a purpose in life by deriving an identity for herself. Olenka needed the kind of love ... Read More

A Character Analysis of Lucas from the Novel The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whittaker by Cynthia DeFelice (269 words, 1 pages)

After reading the interesting novel The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whittaker by Cynthia DeFelice, I have discovered three good traits Lucas has that make the story worthwhile to read. Lucas, the main character, is brave, hardworking, and helpful. First, Lucas is very brave. When an epidemic kills his whole family but ... Read More

An Analysis of Writer Can Script Many Lengthy Novels Using the Same Characters (1193 words, 2 pages)

It isn't often that a writer can script many lengthy novels using the same characters. Often the books themselves are rather short, or have certain shortcomings. Tom Clancy is proof that it is possible. Writing many best-selling thousand-page novels, often with the same characters, at different times in their lives. ... Read More

A Character Analysis of Othello from the Play Othello by William Shakespeare (1224 words, 2 pages)

William Shakespeare presents an excellent leader but a poor reasoner in "Othello". The eponymous hero has strength, charisma, and eloquence. Yet these ideals of leadership do not bode well in real world situations. The battlefield and Senate are, at least in Othello, depicted as places of honor, where men speak ... Read More

A Description of an Extremely Insecure Character Having the Ability To Act Against (471 words, 1 pages)

An extremely insecure character has the ability to act against those he is envious in a manor that is destructive that requires intellect. Characters fall prey to his manipulations especially Othello and do not suspect his motives of revenge and deem him honorable and trustworthy. His revenge shows that he ... Read More

A Description of Courage of the Character Paul in “Speaking of Courage” (705 words, 1 pages)

What is courage? What is it that makes a hero? These are a few questions that are presented by the main character Paul in "Speaking of Courage", and Fred Collins in Mystery of Heroism. Paul and Collins were in different wars, different times, different places, but war is still war ... Read More

The Many Characters Who Have Committed Sins in The Kite Runner (896 words, 2 pages)

"The Kite Runner" tells us, through Rahkim Khan that, "True redemption is when guilt leads to good again..." Rahkim Khan states. Throughout the course of The Kite Runner there are many characters that have committed sins and subsequently attempted to redeem themselves. The Kite Runner structured around main characters, Amir ... Read More

A Focus on Brian Robeson as the Main Character in the Story “Hatchet” (1086 words, 2 pages)

Brian Robeson, the main character, is a very interesting kid. After the first few pages you could tell that he was strong-minded, twelve or thirteen year old kid. His parents were divorced and he spent some time with his dad. He lived far away so Brian had to take a ... Read More

Understanding the Concept, Target Audience and Characters of an Action Genre (698 words, 1 pages)

Its basically a nice summary of the the genre of Action done in a media class. The Action genre is a very popular genre among any people. Men and particularly Teenagers seem to be the main target audience. This genre is concerned with alot of things but the usually thin ... Read More

A Character Analysis of the Dramatic Play “A lover Last Gift…” (904 words, 3 pages)

"A lover Last Gift..." (This play has more pantomime than dialogue) Scene A very green meadow in the valley of a very large mountain, the grass is tall and green reaching toward the hot summer sun. The trees are blowing in the wind as the mountains tower high over the ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013