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    book starts off with the main character; David finding out that his longtime girlfriend Hilary is cheating on him with one of his teammates from the football team. David’s mother died a year ago and Hilary says that David hasn’t been the same ever since, and that she can’t stay with him anymore. David sees his teammate, Sam the one who Hilary cheated on him with and ends up being him up. In this journal, I will be evaluating the character David, evaluating the character Will, and connecting personality

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    deeper understanding of the two main characters’ as well as some of the themes depicted throughout the film. At the start of this film Sam and Suzy are introduced as two preteens who feel

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    contains two distinct types of characters, those types being: generic and specific. Telling the two apart is as easy as looking at their naming convention. Generic characters are named generic nouns, and specific characters have a more specific human name. The mayor is an excellent example of a generic character, his only alias being his job title “Mayor”. Specific characters such as Claire Zachanassain have a human name. Throughout the drama changes take place in each character, both dramatic and mild

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    true identities of these individuals. The main character, Emily Grierson, in the story “A Rose for Emily”, is portrayed as a dynamic character, an anti-hero in the story, and a mysterious citizen in the small town of Jefferson. Miss Emily was a dynamic character because she changed and became withdrawn from the people in her community over the course of the story. In the exposition, she is a prominent and active figure in her community. Her character changed as she encountered the tragedy of her father’s

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    third-person. Characters In the novel I am David one of the main characters is David who grew up in a concentration camp at age 12. His characteristics in the novel is mainly being kind and caring. These traits are shown towards many people such as a girl named ‘Maria’ who he rescued from a shed fire. Additionally, David would help strangers with carrying bags, Throughout the journey, David felt very determined throughout the journey in the novel and never gave up. Another important character in the novel

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    Bitter Melon by Cara Chow revolves around Frances, the protagonist, who is constantly shamed and abused by her mother. Frances' character traits at the beginning of the novel can be symbolized through several objects. A broken mirror represents Frances as self-loathing because if a person looks into one, their reflection is broken. In the story Frances can't help but to think about how flawed her knowledge and physical appearance is when her mother is around, constantly criticizing her. A teacup

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    actually happen if you do not play your cards right. In Uglies Tally’s character changes when she arrives at the Smoke, meets David, and sees Shay again. In Uglies Tally’s character changes when she fell in love with David and lost Shay as her friend when David gave her the gloves and she liked him even more: “I got you something” “she opened the handmade wrapping paper and pulled out a pair of gloves.” ( Westerfeld 220). Her character changed yet again to help her finally decide to not alert special

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    In the essay Fifth Business, the traits of the main character are developed in a more transparent matter throughout their lives. Childhood characteristics are shown in the characters of Dustan Ramsay, Percy Boyd Stauton and Paul Dempster. The trait that these boys have in common are being paranoid. While all of them suffer they later are soon to realize that bad memories of their past have come back to life in their small hometown of Deptford. It was in their first decade and a half that scared them

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    actor clearly had an understanding of not only who their character was, but what their character’s overall objective was. Building character is essential to a great performance and by watching this film I could easily tell each actor did the proper preparation it took to get a better understanding who Fletcher and Andrew were. These actors are a great example of what we, as actors, should be striving for when we begin to analyze a new character. The chemistry between Simmons and Teller on screen was

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    In the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins the main character is Katniss Everdeen. She is a sixteen year old girl who hunts to keep her family alive after her father dies in a mining accident. She does not let anyone change who she is. Katniss cares for her family and for the people she loves and shows that by competing in the, “Hunger Games”. Katniss’ character can be described as brave, determined, and a skilled marksman. Katniss shows bravery in many ways. The biggest way she does that is

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