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What Makes a Protagonist A protagonist is a literary device used to develop a story: the story revolves around the struggle of the protagonist who may undergo a change, usually at the climax (Literary Devices). Using this definition, deciding the protagonist ought to be straightforward; however, if the story follows many characters who undergo some change at the climax of the story, then deciding who the protagonist is will be a bit more complicated. In the story Sweat, Delia can easily be labelled

didn’t strike all the key features. Another factor that played into my low scores was the fact I never practiced my writing and took my assignments serious. Coming into my junior year I knew I had to improve my writing by improving my writing techniques. My english teacher that year was Mr. Rivera, and his main focus for my class that year was to improve our writing. He gave us many assignments throughout the year that challenged students to actually brainstorm and use literary devices. The purpose

lieutenant for gold. Story element, stylistic devices and literary devices are just three basic tools Leonard uses to communicate the message “Don't let fear control you". The story is all about two main characters, Ivan the protagonist and lieutenant the antagonist. Every night Ivan stopped by tavern which was at the edge of the villages cemetery. Ivan never crossed the cemetery to get home on the other side

remarks on how misplaced these bathing suits are: “Our town is five miles from a beach, with a big summer colony out on the Point, but we're right in the middle of town, and the women generally put on a shirt or shorts or something before they get out of the car into the street…It is not as if we're on the Cape; we're north of Boston and there's people in this town haven't seen the ocean for twenty years ” (150). These girls are five whole miles from the nearest beach. It is not as if they just walked

or the faultless hero. The author uses symbolism as a literary device in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to give the plot a deeper and more significant meaning. Symbolism is used to emphasise the difference of this heroism story against others and therefore symbolism is of great importance in this poem. The importance of the following symbols will be

In the novel A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, there are many literary devices in which create significance in the story. One as such, is characterization. “Reverend Mose Ambrose was a short, very dark man whose face and bald head were always shining. He was the plantation church’s pastor. He was not educated, hadn’t gone to any theological school; he had heard the voice and started preaching. He was a simple, devoted

rewarding gift; however, it can also be a difficult and emotional responsibility. For some, the burden of caring for children takes a toll and often induces negative thoughts or emotions. In the sonnet “In the Park”, author Gwen Hardwood uses the literary devices symbolism, enjambment, and overstatement to reveal a period of remorsefulness of a mother while watching over her children in a park. Harwood uses symbolism to express the reasoning of the woman in the poem. The poem begins with a simple image

– The devastation caused by war in Slaughterhouse five Slaughterhouse Five is an anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007), one of the most inspirational twentieth century American writers. This book is unique in the fact that it can be classified as historical fiction, science fiction and an autobiography (certain parts of the protagonist’s life are similar to Vonnegut’s life) at the same time. Slaughterhouse Five follows the life and journeys of Billy Pilgrim, the main

Difference Between Romanticism and Transendinlalism in American and British Writers The expression Romantic gained currency during its own time, roughly 1780-1850. However, the Romantic era is to identify a period in which certain ideas and attitudes arose, gained the idea of intellectual achievement and became dominant. This is why , they became the dominant mode of expression. Which tells us something else about the Romantic era which expression was perhaps everything to do with

knights, Sir Gawain, has taken it upon himself to go on a quest to become an honorable knight of the roundtable. After accepting the knights dare to exchange a swing of swords, he must later search for the Green Knight in order to receive his return strike, almost surely guaranteed to mean death. Written in the fourteenth century by an unknown author, the story allows for personal development while further defining the impact of personal choices. Symbols in this novel portray context clues, ideas, and

audience to continue the fight for social justice regardless of obstacles that may arrive in the future, for example his death. He knew he would not always be around and he needed to be sure that his followers understood that and they would not give up so

pursue the goal of homes with garages, but instead of two the amount of cars has increased to three or four with the increase of drivers on the roads today. Unsurprisingly a shift in the most popular American past time has changed as instead of “Three strikes your out” (Mayers 207) the correct phrase in 2017 would be “touchdown” as baseball has seen a sharp decline in popularity as the younger demographic prefers basketball and football as their sports of choice. A reminder that the shopping craze during

In the text the author Sherry Turkle is arguing on how in this age of technology people are quickly giving up on conversation face to face for instead going for mere connections. Now for a mere and fast connection is just a simple text or call from a phone or computer. With the use of this fast paced connection people begin to become more and more distant from one another not wanting to be interrupted. This text is not just targeted at the younger generation but is targeted at any and everyone who

that Justice Wargrave is the murderer when a bottle, with a letter inside, washes up on the shore. In And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie creates conflict by introducing one guest as the murderer through the use of symbolism, suspense, and dialogue. Agatha Christie introduced conflict into the novel with the use of China figures and the nursery rhyme as they represented symbolism. For instance, on pages eighty-five and eighty-six, Roger is speaking with Armstrong about how the china figures disappeared

Why has the speech I Have a Dream delivered by Martin Luther King been widely spread around the world since 53 years ago? One of the most important reasons is that Martin Luther King employed abundant rhetorical devices from the perspectives of logos, ethos, and pathos, including similes, metaphors, euphemisms, ironies, connotations, imageries, repetitions, and parallel structures to illustrate his demonstration for freedom and equal rights for American citizens of color, especially for the Negro