showed that the protagonist is a strong person in physically and mentally. In the story ‘Chrysanthemums’ I see Elisa’s strength, she is very optimistic and satisfactory person. She can live happy within a small circle. However through feminist point of view I found weakness in both stories too. In the story ‘Touching Bottom’ Kari’s weakness is male dominance and lack of self-confidence on herself. As the story ‘Touching Bottom’ in the story ‘Chrysanthemums’ the weakness of the protagonist is male dominance
Camus: life, decisions, and reflection. The first lens in which the reader can see absurdity in the novel is when the protagonist lives for the sensual pleasures of the present moment. The second lens in which the reader can see absurdity in the novel is when the protagonist absurdity of the protagonists decisions on how he does or doesn’t decide to kill the Arab. The third lens in which the reader can see absurdity in the novel is when the protagonist how he reflects back on his decisions and life and
typically include a young protagonist forced to make a grown decision which is a transition to their first move into adulthood. In a sense, these stories show the protagonist shifting from innocence to gaining experiences. The two coming of age stories that we read in class were “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett and “The Man Who Was Almost A Man” by Richard Wright. Both being coming of age stories, they have similar features but were different in the sense that one protagonist seemed to have made a
tragedy, Antigone, by Sophocles, Creon portrays the characteristics of a tragic protagonist. As a tragic protagonist, Creon is faced with a very difficult dilemma. He has to choose either to abide by his law and punish Antigone, or to abide by the laws of the gods and forgive Antigone and let her bury Polynices. His councilors did everything in their power to advice him. However, when he realized the outcome of his decisions, it was too late. Creon’s choices brought him from a respected king, to a fool
the poem with an exciting, story-telling type of poem. However, he does provide the poem with a powerful dilemma. The protagonist, which I believe is a male, due to the fact that he was able to drag and push the heavy deer, is left with a choice to whether act responsibly and efficient, or morally. I will look at different approaches, as well as Stafford’s use of elements and word choice to try to understand the protagonist’s decision. William Stafford’s poem is a great example of narrative poetry
Twelve Angry Men does quite a fantastic job of setting up a hypothetical situation in which the audience is exposed to quite a well developed plot that entails an interesting metamorphosis of character between the twelve jurors. At first glance, it would be easy to want to condemn most of the men as immoral, however taking into account Hursthouse's three core ideas of virtuosity many of the men exhibit these traits once critical thinking finally takes hold over their judgment. All three core ideas
Rye and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, J.D. Salinger and Mark Twain respectively, narrate the process of self-discovery of a young male protagonist. The Catcher in the Rye takes place sometime in the 1950s. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist, narrates his departure from his private school, Pencey Prep. Holden represents a typical high school dropout: he does not try hard in school, and has no respect for his teachers due to what he calls phoniness. The majority of his experiences take place in New
When we read stories, we usually get caught up in the characters, specifically the protagonist and antagonist. The setting takes hold of our interest and we may get a very good picture in our head of the time and place that the events are occurring. There are some stories that we get more out of than others, but it all depends on how much time one spends analyzing and thinking about the stories. In The Yellow Wallpaper and To Build a Fire, there are many things that are important to the development
themes and characteristics echoed throughout many YA texts. The themes encompassed in YA lit, and there are many, feed the readers appetite. Characters & Voice Adults are seldom the main character of a YA novel; instead, the protagonist is, more often than not, of youth. This makes sense. An older person has experience and knowledge that is lacked by an adolescent. If the main character is older in age, his or her opinion, no matter how
Next Time I’d Do It Right Much has been written on the representation of Native Americans in film. Even the most cursory of perusals will yield a veritable bonanza of essays, articles, books, and the like bemoaning and/or celebrating the various depictions of the Native American experience down through the ages. Film representations especially run the gamut between base stereotypes to naïve idealizations and (eventually) every permutation in between. This is not all that surprising, given that film