Character

In the novel Time Enough For Drums there are various character traits to choose from. John Reid is an interesting character because he spies for the revolutionary army to find out where the British will attack next. In the novel Time Enough For Drums written by Ann Rinaldi, the character John Reid has many character traits, but here are three of them, brave, strict, and trustworthy. The character trait brave for John Reid is because he spies for the revolutionary army. John helps George Washington

In Brooklyn, Eilis is a passive character who often requires a push from other characters; without them, she rarely pursues an idea or goal on her own. As such, Miss Kelly is essential in Eilis’s story because she originally forces Eilis into a job at her store, which creates the sequence of events that leads her to move to Brooklyn. It is fitting then that she is the character who finally forces Eilis to go back to America when she continues to procrastinate her departure. When Eilis talks with

In A Single Shard, there are many characters with changes of emotion and heart through the story. For example, Tree-ear is a good example, because of his thoughts about the situation he is in throughout the story. Since he is a main character, there is a focus on him, and how he changes throughout the course of the story. In A Single Shard, Tree-ear was a boy or adolescent that is growing yet starving and loves to watch a potter work. However, he does not realize the work it takes for this potter

Characters are the berries on the bush of literature. They are the jewels of any and every novel, enriching it with entertainment and things of that sort. Sometimes, characters are even better than the plot itself, and in the best of cases, they help the plot, as well as the theme along. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, an enrapturing story about a seemingly normal town, and, you guessed it, a lottery, is one of these cases. While the characters in this text aren’t particularly deep or amusing, they

said, "When writing a novel, a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.” This rings especially true for Nairobi Heat and Hell Fire. The stories take the reader on a journey through the lives of the characters, slowly unwinding the strings of their circumstances to develop not only a plot but realistic people surrounding dark circumstances. The authors do not create characters, they make living people come alive in the pages by mapping out their lives and

takes place plays a large role, not only in painting a picture in the readers’ minds, but also in enhancing the plot, as well as the development and depth of the characters. The desolate setting of the Yorkshire moors in which Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange sit enhance the themes throughout this novel by separating the main characters from the real world and developing them as individuals. One of the most prominent themes found within this text is isolation. Most noticeably, the moors are

The entertainment world thrives on the "hero vs villian" dynamic, but what happens when you add a character who qualifies as both into the plot? Morally Ambiguous characters have become very popular lately, ranging from characters like Don Draper from "Mad Men"; Olivia Pope from "Scandal"; or Walter White from "Breaking Bad".The reason these characters interest the viewers is because no one person is good or bad, often they are a mix of both, much like the viewers (just not as dramatic). Although

forces that are different but both equally necessary for the other to exist. In literature, this same definition can apply to the use of the foiled characters technique. There are numerous famous cases of foiled characters in literature, but in Thomas Perry’s thriller, The Butcher’s Boy these characters are just as exciting. In his novel, the foiled characters, a young female Justice Department employee and a mysterious hitman, force the reader to question their own double standards and how each character’s

Salesman Death of A Salesman, written by Arthur Miller, is a play based on the turmoil within an average American family. Miller wrote Death of a Salesman easily showcasing the elements of drama. I was easily able to follow the plot, identify with his characters, and picture the setting. The main theme of the plot seemed to be Willy reaching for the "American Dream". Financial success, business success, outwardly perfect family, revered by your peers, and in general respected by all. Early on in the play

cannot seem to put the book down. How is the writer able to accomplish this? There are many answers to this question, but for the most part it can be generalized in the fact that those characters in particular, always seem to have an air of mystery about them. To add to the