is the action of the story taking place? b) time - When is the story taking place? (historical period, time of day, year, etc) c) weather conditions - Is it rainy, sunny, stormy, etc? d) social conditions - What is the daily life of the characters like? Does the story contain local colour (writing that focuses on the speech, dress, mannerisms, customs, etc. of a particular place)? e) mood or atmosphere - What feeling is created at the beginning of the story? Is it bright and cheerful
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Hare, we are told about this principal character who has been born into poverty in 1958. It is quite early revealed that his parents are getting low wages – but in spite of the lack of money, they are able to afford the most basic necessities of life. The society is described as a peaceful society where hospitality is huge part. Though he has an idea that they are poor, he explains that his life was filled with warmth, love, shelter etc. The main character is described as a ragged and bolshy boy
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Walker seeks his revenge after being betrayed by his partner Mal Reese and his wife, in a heist and Walker being left to die with bullet wounds. Walker being the central character in the film portrays a cold, ruthless man that will stop at nothing until he recovers the money that was stolen from him (Applegate). Parker the main character in “The Hunter” is also a ruthless man and also sought revenge against the ones who betrayed him. One example of this is in the novel, when the one guy who had betrayed
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the characters often exist only as fragments of description, while the presence of actors in the film almost automatically makes the characters feel more fleshed out, even without additional dialogue. We are able to learn more about them simply from seeing their emotions and actions. For example, the father is more sympathetic in the film but in the novel seems rude and strict but his character in the movie is very different from what you read. In the film we see him as the quieter character in comparison
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the novella, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and the movie The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger have many similarities in the main characters. The main similarities that Santiago and Billy Tyne share are their pride, the losses they both have, and how they are both treated throughout their days of being a fisherman. Santiago is the main character in the novella, The Old Man and the Sea. He is an older man who is a fisherman where recently he has not caught any fish for eighty-four days
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Educating Rita Comparison of the book and the film “Educating Rita” is a play written by Willy Russel in 1979 that takes place in Northern England at the Open University. To give a short introduction of the play, we meet the two main characters, Rita and Frank. Frank teaches literature and poetry on the Open University, where Rita also wants to learn. She finds herself as being boring, and instead of being a hairdresser, she wants to succeed in what she really wants to do – get herself to know
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The hero archetype is almost always the main character of any creative work; although the archetype can be witnessed as a secondary character as well as the opponent if the main character is a villain. The hero archetype is comprised of a collective of characteristics which defines and sets the standards of the archetype. This hero archetype is very prominent in things such as big blockbuster hits and spans all the way to verbal traditions and myths. One example that captures greatly what it means
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Both nonfiction and fiction texts include an event that teaches the main character or the people surrounding the main character a lesson ( called a theme). The short passage from Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (nonfiction) and Teen in good spirits after surviving Washington plane crash by Associated Press (fiction) were read in the classroom by certain classmates for comparison. Both passages read about how a character was looking for survival after a plane crash. In the nonfiction text (Hatchet by Gary
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more understanding manner. A metaphor is a hidden comparison to describe a person, place, or thing in a short story or novel. Sometimes metaphors are extremely contradicting; however, the contradicting example of the two different objects are the exact description of the person, place, or thing. Metaphors in literature can be used for characters, plot, or theme. Characters in a story and novel are sometimes described in a metaphoric manner. A character in a story may be described as a beautiful person;
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all they have read in the story. Therefore a good ending is necessary in writers doing literature writing as they motivate a reader to enjoy reading. There are four main elements which guide a writer in creating a good story ending in a novel. Comparisons between two novels; a complicated Kindness and Kite runner ending will help establish a good example of each of the four elements discussed below. First a good ending should seek to address the main problem or the antagonist. The protagonist does
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