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    “The Wishgiver”- Scene Four NARRATOR ONE: A man walks across the street looking both ways before he comes to the wishgiver’s house. The sign saying WISHES catches his eyes. NARRATOR TWO: The man is 52 years old, with a slightly wrinkled face and graying hair. He wears a suit and tie. NARRATOR THREE: The man is named Adrian Cook, and he works for the New York Stock Exchange, he has been working there for 20 years, and it seems as though he isn’t going to stop any time soon. He has a wife

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    complex protagonist character. Characters exist largely for the purpose of moving the story along from one plot point to the next. The reader experiences the story through the eyes of the protagonist. A good development of the main character makes a good story. Based on Edgar Allan Poe’s quantifications as what constitutes a short fiction story protagonist, Sergeant Price, in Phil Klay’s work, “Redeployment” is an excellent example of a short fiction protagonist because he embodies the protagonist traits

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    Throughout the progression of Katherine Applegate’s novel, Home of the Brave, several characters are established in terms of both protagonists and antagonists to exhibit the development of plot and events subsequent to their introductions. To begin with, one of the most prominent characters that is both involved in and narrates the story - typically known as the protagonist, is Kek - a young boy from Sudan who has fled to America in hopes of seeking refuge from his war-torn country. Specifically, Kek

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    Protagonist— Who is the protagonist in the story? What makes them the protagonist? Akos Kereseth is the main character in this story. He is the protagonist for many reasons. Akos is a small child when this story starts and is very close to his family. In the first chapter, he loses both his father and his other two siblings have disappeared. His mother died and he and Eijeh, another one of his brothers, are taken by their enemies the Shotet. Akos is never taught their language but can speak

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    Role of the Female Protagonists in Groundhog Day and A & P      Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray, is a film about a television weatherman named Phil who relives the same day, 2 March, over and over again. A & P is a short story by John Updike in which a cashier, Sammy, has his routine day disrupted when three girls wearing swimming suits stroll into the grocery store where he works and are confronted by the manager. Though their storylines vary greatly, in both works the main character

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    The Two Protagonists of Antigone In the classic model of dramatic structure, two characters move the action of the play from introduction to climax to resolution with their conflict. One of these characters is the protagonist; the other is the antagonist. The protagonist is generally regarded as the "good guy," and the antagonist is the "bad guy." In Sophocles' play Antigone, the lines between protagonist and antagonist are blurred. In the Greek tradition, the title character is the protagonist

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    by Ruth; unwelcome in her home. She has little respect for Ruth’s lifestyle which is filled with second-hand drama, meaningless shopping – little overall purpose. * Character vs. Self (Leah = old and tired, misses Estonia, misses husband)  Protagonist - Leah * Changes throughout story * At the story’s start, she feels at peace, even grateful for the notion of death * When the window breaks at climax, she becomes motivated, has a renewed sense of hope and vigor for life * She is

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    The Great War lasted four years and changed the whole world and so I shall be looking at how R. C. Sherriff and Peter Whelan developed the protagonists in their plays to reflect the impact the war had, not just on the world, but also on the individuals involved in war. May Hassle and Dennis Stanhope were clearly affected greatly by war; May, by what the war took from her, Tom; and Stanhope, by what the war gave him. All throughout the war May’s change of character becomes more and more apparent

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    In the beginning of Stanley Gordon West's novel Until They Bring the Streetcars Back, Cal starts as a senior at Central High School in Minnesota. Cal is very sporty, helpful, and kind hearted. Cal played football as a cornerback and a shooting guard in basketball. He is helpful because he reaches out to Gretchen and helps her through all of the hard times in this book. Lastly he is very kind hearted boy, he likes to have fun, is a good kind and he wants to help people in need. Cal is an interesting

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    Protagonists The protagonists in “The Yellow Wallpaper”, “The Storm”, and “Eveline” all seem to have similarities in their character. They are all women that have lived in an era in which women are seen as nothing. This woman had no identity in this world because they were told what to do by men. Human nature is also another important element that these women have in common. Calixta from “The Storm” is a married woman with a family. She is living in a time period in which woman have no control

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