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    Commonly, a novel is either a plot driven novel, a character driven novel, or a mix of the two. In order for a novel to be character driven, it must revolve more around the characters’ individual thoughts, feelings, and inner struggles, rather than around the quest of the story. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, is a character driven novel. While the story does have a plot, it is not contingent upon that plot, but rather is reliant upon its characters and their natures. This is evident from

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    clever story telling, Wagamese is able to engage the reader by placing them in both the shoes and minds of his protagonist. It is the profound ability of story telling Wagemse possesses that allows him to create intriguing protagonists who drive the plot of the novel through the stories told. Wagamese flips between current and past events in an attempt to cast a world of imagination for his reader to jump into. By creating this world, he is ultimately able to face his reader with the challenge of

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    Testament comes into play-in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. From that point on, the plot thickens as the characters battle to find order hidden amongst worldly turmoil. Throughout the Old Testament, each character struggled with the underlying issue of “making meaning from the chaos of experience, the human condition” (Mobley 2). However, many fail to realize that these people and plot twists of the biblical stories commonly reoccur time after time throughout history. In The Return

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    circle where the audience would sit around the stage and the actors would perform while being surrounded by the audience. This type of seating made the play more interesting instead of the basic theatre positions. I found that the plot was quite intriguing. Its seemed interesting and the actors portrayed the character really well, which made us easily understand the storyline. I feel that each

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    the reader. The idea behind a lyrical novel can be said to be a contradiction-novels focus on the explanation of the story plot, while lyrical novels are more about moral decisions, the expression of themes and how the surroundings can be integrated to show the character’s mood. Hence, it can be said that it is the character’s emotions that drives the development of the plot. Shen Congwen’s Border Town can indeed be considered to be such a lyrical novel. Border Town was depicted to be a ‘dreamlike’

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    quote sums up the entire novel from start to finish. The novel is a novel about a solider in the civil war who deals with the difficulties of being in war. The novel follows and captures his journey using many literary elements. Crane’s use of style, plot, setting, and characters help enhance the story. The use of these literary elements helps enhance the novel and help readers understand the struggles of a solider during the civil war. The first important element in The Red Badge of Courage that

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    All of this takes place in a rural town of West Florida called Eatonville in the early twentieth century. I was amazed at the story, symbols and images that this novel creates. The symbolism and metaphorical language used also brought interest and an urge to want to read more. In the novel Their eyes were watching God by Hurston Zora, Janie Crawford is a black middle aged woman who has an intriguing story to tell. She has been away from her home town for few years and comes back to be welcomed by

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    Chinatown is a drama/thriller starring Jack Nicholson who played the character of Jake Gittes. The plot of the story develops around Gittes job as a private investigator, and Gittes researches the background information of the water system for Los Angeles. Through Gittes investigation, the sudden death of Mr. Mulwray becomes the main plot line of the story. Ms. Mulwray, the wife hires Jake Gittes to investigate her husband for infidelity, but through his inspecting, he starts to uncover the truths

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    Film History Essay “How important a contribution does the script make to any given film?” This essay will look into the history of film and its development of storytelling on the cinema screen. Including how a script is important towards the final outcome of the film and the many technical practises that make film narratives ever growing. A script is the very soul of a film, without it there is no story or relatable characters that have meaning or purpose. When an audience visit the cinema they expect

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    female audience as he shows the hardships of women that are relatable and brilliantly uses those obstacles for character development while Frankenstein loses interest as it is lengthy due to its tone and revels on details that are not relevant to the plot. A Doll’s House is set in the late 1800’s when women’s rights and roles in society was a controversial topic. Ibsen displays Nora as an ordinary mother and wife going through every day life but incorporates obstacles relevant to the time to show how

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