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Violence In The Novels 'Never Stand Next To The Hero'

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Chapter 10-Never Stand Next to the Hero
Foster describes secondary characters as static and flat, and that they are only there to get the main characters to their destiny. In The Hunger Games series, very little information is given to readers about those who live in the Capitol. The readers do not need to know their stories, only that they are disgusting people. They are not important to Katniss’s story but they are necessary to the plot progression, for with no Capitol; there are no games.
Chapter 11-…More Than It’s Gonna Hurt You: Concerning Violence
There are two kinds of violence found in literature. The first is when the characters perform violence to themselves or others. This is shown in Harry Potter series. Lord Voldemort tries to murder Harry on several occasions. This type of violence has both internal and external consequences towards Harry and his friends. The second type of violence is inflicted by the author to the characters. In The Grapes of Wrath, Rose of Sharon’s baby dies, due to no fault of any character in the book, but by the author. This type of violence is simply a way to further the plot and has internal pain to the characters in the novel. Both types of violence affect the characters in the novels but through different ways and with different meanings to the plot. …show more content…

Foster tells us that most everything in a literary work is symbolic in some way. In Of Mice and Men, hands are used to symbolize many different things. They are used to refer to the men working on the farm as simply workers and not men. Lenny’s hands are used to show his strength and the harm that he causes. The symbols in Of Mice and Men show many details about the characters and the

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