Alpha Polaris Themes

Overall each character has an important role in the story. Jen, Jen’s father, and Luke all show important archetypal

Throughout the novel they are compassionate and caring to even their enemies in their darkest moments. They also illustrate the dark and unforgiving side of human nature. They show no pity or mercy even while being pleaded too.

The text can only say so much. Your background and personal history will influence the world of play. Your perception of who should be or how to portray these characters may be different from someone else. This can affect the storytelling and the feasibility of the character being portrayed. The portrayal of Stupid Fucking Bird was a failure in my eyes. Its use of audience participation and a characterization much like reality tv shows was a major turnoff to me. Opinions are objective. After discussion with my classmates and my own wife, the general consensus was that it was a hit. As I move on beyond this class, It will be important to quiet my preconceived thoughts and be able to adapt to further the success of those around

These character actions and interactions allow the reader to understand the motives of every character; young adult readers, who are only now beginning to understand the complexities of social interaction, can see from all sides the facets of these

What are their outstanding qualities? Does the author give any indication as to how or why the character developed these qualities?

characters are in many ways divergent, and it is in fact these traits that reveal the most about

Characterisation is important in any short story as it helps to make the story that little bit more appealing, because it’s a short story, it is important to get the characterisation right as we don’t have hundreds of pages to learn about the character, in fact we only really have a page or two, maybe even less depending on the story, we might only have paragraphs to learn about the character. When looking at characterisation in the short story, you have too keep in mind, which character catches your eye? Is it the main character? Is it a supporting character? Why do they appeal to you? How does the author of the short story portray and reveal the character? The idea of characterisation is literally an act of describing certain characteristics,

Now he is a cynical investigator and torturer. All of these characters have deep backgrounds and give you the idea that you are immersed in their work riding alongside them in their journey. Each character has a unique personality and goals that drive them, but at the end of the book nothing is guaranteed and it is a giant cliffhanger on what is to come other than the Union wars between the north and the

Character Analysis Characters, they're always in our stories. Possibly in our movies. Sometimes even in our dreams or real life. We have villains, heroes, explores, and dream chasers. All the hero's, explorers, and dream chasers have things in common.

The theme is a tremendously essential part of any poem. The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics defines a theme as something that “refers simply to the subject or topic treated in a discourse or a part of it” (R.O.E. and T.V.F.B. 1281). In other words, the theme is simply the focus of one’s work or discussion. The two poems, “Musée des Beaux Arts” and “Waiting for Icarus,” contain similar themes. In “Musée des Beaux Arts” and “Waiting for Icarus” there is a strong theme of abandonment found throughout both of the poems. In “Musée des Beaux Arts” it is Icarus, the subject of Breughel’s painting, who is being abandoned while drowning in the sea. Auden clearly portrays this when he writes, “In Breughel’s Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away / Quite leisurely from the disaster” (lns. 14-15). Auden uses these lines to describe how everyone is ignoring Icarus’ current predicament. Auden examines the disaster even further by stating, “the sun shone / As it had to on the white legs disappearing into green / Water” (lns. 17-19). Here, Auden is clearly telling his readers that Icarus is drowning, but life was carrying on anyway; thus proving the theme of abandonment. “Waiting for Icarus” also incorporates the theme of abandonment, although Rukeyser does not depict it as fatally as Auden does. Rukeyser expresses the theme of abandonment in her poem when she writes, “I have been waiting all day, or perhaps longer. / I would have liked to try those wings myself. / It would have been better than this” (lns. 20-22). Here, Rukeyser depicts the persona as someone who has been waiting a long time for her lover to show up and Rukeyser makes it pretty clear that he is not going to. Therefore, Rukeyser shows her readers that the persona has been tragically abandoned by her lover. Auden and Rukeyser both use the theme of abandonment in their poems in order to show their readers how painful it is to be discarded by the world.

• What are their outstanding qualities? Does the author give any indication as to how or why the character developed these qualities?

In literature, authors use characters and their plot to express universal themes. For example, the plays Oedipus the King by Sophocles and A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin convey a universal message that people in positions of power should do what is best for all their subordinates instead of what is best for themselves. If the subjects believe that their leader’s best interest is himself, then they should follow their moral compasses and stand up against this leader’s commands. In A Few Good Men, characters like Lt. Col. Nathan Jessep and Lt.

There have been many produced films that represent the Australian society, but no film can be as tremendous as the movie of the legendary Pilbara Wanderer, Red Dog.

As a whole, these characters have relevance today because each of these characters individually can be realistically portrayed and believed. These are situations that anyone could be in and the way that they actually challenge the positions they are put in is what helps us to continue to break down gender boundaries shown here still today.

The movie utilizes it superficial characters to the maximum to develop the story. For example, most of the characters in the movie serve the purpose of