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character traits in stories Essay Examples

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An Analysis of the Story Land of Dreams by Joan Lowery Nixon (826 words, 3 pages)

'Land of Dreams' By Joan Lowery Nixon Characters List 1) Kristian Swensen 2) Her father 3) Her mother 4) Jenny Berglund 5) Johan Olsen Setting This story takes place on a farm in Minnesota. Kristian just moved from Sweden to the United States of America. This story sounds like it ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters in the Story “Lady With The Dog” (1590 words, 2 pages)

Lady With The Dog In the beginning of the story, Chekhov begins with the simple line, It was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front This passage shows that the local residents of Yalta have discovered an outsider, a person they know nothing about. Chekhov asks the ... Read More

A Young Girl’s Story of Childhood Through to Marriage Life (1467 words, 2 pages)

Back forth back forth she sits in her creaky rocking chair pleasantly reminiscing about her lost childhood as she crochets a warm fuzzy quilt for her granddaughter. Out of nowhere her desire to finish the quilt before noon fades and she find her attention drifting towards the window and looking ... Read More

Studying the Destruction of a Character’s Mind through William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” and Jane Smiley’s “A Thousand Acres” (2578 words, 3 pages)

In most tragic pieces of literature, it is very common to see the demise or destruction of a characters mind and poise as a stable person. Besides looking at the actual demise though, it is also important to look at the effects of unrewarding events and the relationship of certain ... Read More

A Character Analysis of William Shakespeare’s King Lear (498 words, 1 pages)

William Shakespeare supports the differing ideals of appearance and reality by the physical traits of the characters and the action of events in his historical tragedy, King Lear. The refusal of Cordelia to articulate her love to her father, King Lear, with the physical blindness of Gloucester, and the disguise ... Read More

An Interesting Story in Kevin Rabur’s Run (1985 words, 3 pages)

Kevin Raybur's run 1968, Six oclock in the morning The Olympic village was quiet in its lazy sleep, but Kevin Reybur was already awake, and ready to run. The easy 8-mile morning workout was only a part of the blonde-haired phenomenons training schedule. Later in the afternoon he would suffer ... Read More

An Analysis of the Methods of Characterization of the Character of Miss Brill in Katherine Mansfield’s Short Story “Miss Brill” (801 words, 1 pages)

Katherine Mansfield's short story "Miss Brill" is an extremely good example of how a writer can use different literary aspect to bring about an understanding of Miss Brill the character. The use of literary aspects to reveal some truth about a character to the reader are often referred to as ... Read More

A Look into Different Stories Presented in the Kwaidan That Tell of Encounters with the Supernatural (985 words, 2 pages)

In the different stories presented in the Kwaidan, there were several different tales about encounters with the supernatural. One of the aspects looked at in the stories was the type of supernatural being that each story includes. In order to better understand the supernatural beings, it is important to classify ... Read More

Finding a Way to a Better Life in the Story of the Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe (758 words, 1 pages)

Jumping Mouse The story of Jumping Mouse may seem simple at first. But it is far more than just a story about a small rodent. There are so many underlying themes that reflect society, faith, generosity, personal growth, and many other aspects of a persons daily life. The story starts ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of Juliet and her Personality in the Play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare (1111 words, 2 pages)

Much can be learned about Shakespeare's Juliet from the text of the play. Capulet describes her as "yet a stranger in the world" (1.2.8) and she is not yet fourteen years old, as seen in "She hath not seen the change of fourteen years" (1.2.9). This implied naivete due to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Joseph Conrad’s Story “Heart of Darkness” (1285 words, 2 pages)

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness is a story of Marlow's journey down the Congo River to find a man named Kurtz. In the book Conrad uses light to symbolize any matter that is positive such as the scene on the Nellie at the start of the story and uses darkness ... Read More

Joseph Andrews Expresses His Capitalistic Views Through His Characters (780 words, 1 pages)

When looking at characters in late 18th century literature, you can see some interesting characteristics in Lady Boobie from Joseph Andrews. Her capitalistic and controlling ways were a good representation of the expanding capitalist way of thinking, along with the fear that came along with it in the form of ... Read More

Superstition and Symbolysm in Richard Bach’s Story “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” (1284 words, 2 pages)

Michael Frazier Period 7 91800 Parkersburg High School Jonathan Livingston Seagull Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach is basically about the story of an adventurous seagull's life. It looks like a book for a grade school reading level. After you scratch beneath the surface, however, I found the book is ... Read More

Sammy’s so Called Life in John Updike’s Story A&P (756 words, 2 pages)

Sammys So-Called Life In John Updikes short story AP, we meet a young man named Sammy. Sammy is the typical teenage boy. He is stuck in a mundane job at the grocery store with no future plans. He lives in an imaginary world, only dreaming about the things that he ... Read More

How John Steinbeck Based His Novels and Short Stories (1150 words, 2 pages)

"I never wrote two books alike", once said John Steinbeck (Shaw, 10). That may be true, but I think that he wrote many of his novels and short stories based on many of the same views. He often focused on social problems, like the "haves" verses the "have nots', and ... Read More

A Character Analysis of Kino in John Steinbeck’s the Pearl (555 words, 1 pages)

The Pearl John Steinbeck Kino, is a poor Indian fisherman who lives on the Gulf of California with his wife Juana and baby son Coyotito. They are very poor but happy family. When he finds the pearl of the world he believes that wonderful things will come from selling it. ... Read More

The Lessons Learned from the Story of Jem and Scout (722 words, 1 pages)

One of the lessons Scout learns is to look at things from other people's perspectives. He teaches them so many lessons here is an example how he helped Scout. "'First of all,' he said, 'If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of Stephen in “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (1438 words, 3 pages)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man begins with the reader being taken through Stephen's developing life and his conscious thought. The reader is tossed around inside Stephen's head and we learn about the character from the inside. Although I find the stream of consciousness an interesting way ... Read More

An Overview of James Joyce’s Story Araby (1074 words, 2 pages)

Life in Dublin In James Joyce's story Araby, it was supposed to be a simple love story about a young boy who was in loved with his neighbors sister. But indeed the main point of the story is to demonstrate adolescence of a young boy, the young boys changed of ... Read More

A Story About Cornish McManus, a Gunsmith (763 words, 2 pages)

The Rifle In 1768, west of Philadelphia there was a man named Cornish McManus. He was in a gunsmith business. He was thirty-five years old and had been an apprentice and then an assistant to a master gunsmith, his name was John Waynewright. Cornish was a good artist. While the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Atmosphere and Tone Brought out in Jack London’s Short Story “To Build a Fire” (1317 words, 2 pages)

In Jack London's To Build a Fire the setting of the short story plays a significant role. Jack London uses specific techniques to establish the atmosphere and tone of the story. By introducing his readers to the setting, London prepares them for a tone that is depressed and fear-provoking. Isolated ... Read More

Themes of Violent Entertainment and Hatered Between the Normans and the Saxons in the Middle Ages in the Story of Ivanhoe (480 words, 1 pages)

Sean Pendergast The story of Ivanhoe takes place during the Middle Ages in England with the year being 1194 A.D. It is about the adventures Ivanhoe encounters upon returning from the crusades with his friend and king, King Richard the Lion Heart. Ivanhoe has been disowned by his father because ... Read More

J. D. Salinger Uses Children to Portray ills of Society in His Stories (1598 words, 2 pages)

Salinger's children, as they appear in various novels and short stories, portray the ills of modern society through their innocence and spirituality, their honesty and sometimes, erratic behaviour. They are often as fragile and odd as they are intelligent and endearing, and the obscenities of life tend to overwhelm them ... Read More

An Analysis of Different Techniques Used to Express the Main Character’s Pain in the Poem “It Was Not Death, For I Stood Up” by Emili Dickinson (779 words, 2 pages)

It Was Not Death, for I Stood Up Emili Dickinson 1 It was not death, for I stood up, 2 And all the dead lie down. 3 It was not night, for all the bells 4 Put out their tongues for noon. 1. 5 It was not frost, for on ... Read More

Chow Yun-Fat’s Bright Character Is Loved by Millions (2320 words, 8 pages)

The Meaning of Chow (It's In His Mouth) Ultimately, it comes down to his mouth. Chow Yun-Fat is the coolest movie actor in the world today, and the only way I can explain this is to talk about his mouth. He does cool things with his mouth. Smoking cigarettes is ... Read More

The Story of Civilization in Ishmael’s Adventure of Mind and Spirit (1787 words, 3 pages)

Sociology 336 Ishmael An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit. Daniel Quinn. 262 pp. 1992. BantamTurner Books New York. 10.95 paperback. ISBN 0-553-37540-7 Major Points Ishmael is about a man seeking peace from the disillusioned lies he has been lead to believe. He comes across an ad in the newspaper ... Read More

Irony in Kate Chopin’s Short Story “The Story of an Hour” (440 words, 1 pages)

Do you know what irony is? Irony is defined as the difference or distance between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention. In the short story " The Story of an Hour" there are a number of ironic situations when dealing with Mrs. Mallard. The quote made ... Read More

The Theme of LOttery in Shirley Jackson’s Short Story “The Lottery” (1110 words, 2 pages)

My scholarly interpretation of The Lottery A lottery the word lightly rings a blissful tone through out the ears of most American citizens. Yet, in the small town that Shirley Jackson writes about in her short story The Lottery, the word unknowingly stings the ears of these quiet townspeople. Jackson ... Read More

A Story of the Inspector Pen (7614 words, 12 pages)

INSPECTOR PEN Just to make things clear. I'm not your average inspector and I don't care who knows it. I like to think of myself as "hip and happening" because I usually wear the latest trends. Take today for instance. I wore my new brown, corduroy flares and a gorgeous ... Read More

An Analysis of the Characters of the Novel The Rocking (972 words, 2 pages)

Imaginary Worlds "Humans cannot bear too much reality. In fact, imaginary worlds are needed to live well" "A Rose for Emily" by the author William Faulkner and "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence both show the key characters creating imaginary worlds to enable them to maintain an outward appearance against ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013