Glory Characters

strives for excellence and individual glory by doing heroic deeds. He has an admirable set of

The characters in the story are all stock characters that have been used in many works. Santiago is the hero that has flaws that will be fixed as the plot goes on. Melchizedek is the wise old man that had knowledge that the protagonist needs. Fatima is the girl that distracts the protagonist from achieving his goal as he falls in love with her. This goes on for every single character in the story. The plot has also been used many times. The plot is basically about a man who gets rich from a dream. The Man of Bhagdad, Treasure Under the Bridge, and Upsall Castle are all stories that had used this plot before this book was written. All of this goes to prove that no work is ever original, because it uses stories that were written

The narrator’s background of education conflicts with the current situation of war that he is in. The narrator has “graduated in law from St. Petersburg University”, giving him higher ground among soldiers with not only the education he possess but also the moral capacity he has. His fellow soldiers are on the other side of the spectrum in relation to the narrator. They have endured the tragedy of war, giving them vulgar personalities that allows them to express ideas and thoughts with no filter: “go and mess up a lady . . . and you 'll have the boys patting you on the back”. These contrasting personalities and cultures has set up the narrator to get test his singular moral standings to fit in with the other soldiers. Otherwise, the narrator would have to endure embaressing behavior such as: “went over to my little trunk and tossed it out at the gate . . . [and] emitted a series of shameful noises”.

Ignacio is the antagonist because he is opposed to the protagonist which is the Father. Ignacio will be considered the Flat character because he does not change at all throughout the

white missionaries who are introduced in the second half of the novel. Through his narrative,

In the light of the Civil War, the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which consists of black soldiers who are Northern freemen while others are escaped slaves with Col. Shaw as their leader. The 54th Regiment led a brutal attack against a Confederate fort in Charleston, S.C. They continued to march as part of their disciplined skills and despite the bloody and gruesome fight. The soldiers strong dedication remained evident till the end. The 54th suffered a bloodbath. Due to their courage and discipline, on July 18, 1863, the North recruited one hundred eighty thousand black soldiers who provided an impact during the war.

Characters: Their isn’t many characters in the book because they all get killed off except one. That person is Yanek. He is a very kind kid but desperate

Edmond Dantes: the man of many faces including The Count of Monte Cristo, Chief clerk of Thomson, Abbe Busoni, Lord Wilmore, M. Zaccone and Sinbad the Sailor. Edmond is Incredible resourceful, his plan for vengeance against the people who tarnished his innocents and threw him into jail is so large and so complex. The reader gets distracted by the small things, caught up with what is going on not paying to the big picture then boom Edmond shows us his hand. Edmond hustles and cons everyone in the room to doing what he wants them to do. And develops a serious gods complex throughout the novel till he realize later on that he is not the messenger of god, and the world he has created around himself comes crashing down around

I believe that El Pachuco is Henry conscience , because Henry listen to whatever he says.Pachuco make the story .El Pachuco helps him do the right decisions. Out of all the story El Pachuco is the main person to be focused on.

Glory is the story of Civil War Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who leads the war's first all-black volunteer regiment the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry into battles and discovers along the way he has to confront the moral question of racial prejudice inside and outside of his regimen. Colonel Shaw was the commander of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, also known as the Massachusetts “Fighting” Fifty-fourth, which was a position he has been thrown into and felt that he may not be fit for the job. At first Shaw was a little cowardly, during the battle, bomb fragments almost hit him and he passed out. He later seems guilty and not very motivated, but with the help of his friend Forbes and some time, Shaw turns himself into the leader that his men need. At the end Colonel Shaw’s courage shows when he volunteers to be the leading regiment in the assault on Fort Wagner and then during battle he forges on when the battle seems to a lost cause.

8. What does the simile at the end of the first paragraph suggest about the lieutenant?

1.) Characters in the novel are John Grady, Lacey Rawlins, Belvins, Alejandra, Senor Rocha, Cole, Franklin, Captain and Perez. The most important characters throughout the novel are John Grady, Belvins, Rawlins, and Alejandra as they are the major characters.

Satire is a common literary device used among authors and poets to indirectly criticize the stupidity and vices of a specific person or group of people. Satirical works typically involve tools of satire, such as symbolic characters, symbolism, and irony, to simplify the understanding of who this “satirical target” is. In “The Unknown Citizen” by W. H. Auden and James Michie’s “Dooley Is a Traitor,” symbolic characters, symbolism, and irony are all used to indirectly criticize the target of each satirical work.

To what extent is the Commander presented as both villain and a figure of sympathy?

    The literary technique of characterization is often used to create and delineate a human character in a work of literature. When forming a character, writers can use many different methods of characterization. However, there is one method of characterization that speaks volumes about the character and requires no more than a single word - the character's personal name. In many cases, a personal name describes the character by associating him with a certain type of people or with a well known historical figure. Therefore, since the reader learns the character's name first, a personal name is a primary method of characterization; it