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    to build their knowledge of justice shown throughout both texts. Firstly, both authors Rose and Kazan explore the use of their protagonists using justice to overcome the fears to stand up for themselves. Secondly we are shown justice from both antagonists in each text as neither of them are set up to not accept the truth to try and achieve justice. Lastly, Rose and Kazan show through the use of the setting how justice is used in more depth. Each text ultimately explores a variety of different ways

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    Destroying the Old Order; an Analysis on “Everything That Rises Must Converge” Flannery Conner’s “Everything That Rises Must Converge” focuses on a bus trip that the protagonist, Julian, takes with his unnamed mother, the antagonist. Every Wednesday night his mother takes a class to reduce her blood pressure at the YMCA and coerces Julian into driving her to the bus stop and then riding with him. She has him come along not because she is scared, but because she does not like riding alone when

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    Cody Stricker Ms. Windish Creative Composition 11 March 2018 Who is the Antagonist of The Interlopers It isn’t too clear who the antagonist of “The Interlopers” by Saki is in the beginning. Two enemies are trapped under a tree each with a plan to kill the other. They both end up settling their differences, but become food to wolves. At the beginning of the story each is the others’ antagonist and later they both grow as people and form an alliance wishing the other good fortune. When first meeting

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    A minor character in The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, is Phoebe Caulfield, the main character, Holden’s younger sister. Holden describes his sister as not only the smartest kid in the world, but also a great dancer, and a very sympathetic listener. She’s also known as the funniest little sister ever. She is first introduced to readers when Holden says: “You 'd like her. I mean if you tell old Phoebe something, she knows exactly what the hell you 're talking about. I mean you can

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    Two Sides to Every Person There are two sides to every story; that of the protagonist and that of the antagonist. As shown in the Shakespearean play King Lear, there is very little difference between the two. Edmund, who appears to be a villain, is more than meets the eye. His evil is a rebellion against the social order that denies him legitimacy. His villainy does not come from innate cruelty but from misdirected desire for familial love. His remorse in the end displays his humanity and blindness

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    of sand and fog which is a movie about the conflict that arises over who is rightful owner of a small bungalow along the California coastline. The story in of itself is amazingly refreshing as the whole story doesn’t really have a protagonist or antagonist because at points in the story all characters are a little bit of both. The book’s and the follow up movie’s main theme are about how different people’s hopes can collide and how dangerous it is when they do. (Perelman, 2003) The novel was well

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    Inception Film Essay

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    Directors immerse viewers into the world of their film in a variety of innovative ways, with popular mainstream directors often trying to break conventions enabling audiences to become disorientated and often leading to the result of an emotional response. Director Christopher Nolan utilises this technique in ‘Inception’. Nolan leaves audiences perplexed from the very beginning of the film, with the sound of non-diegetic waves crashing and a close-up intimate shot of the protagonist lay in the water

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    Essay on Gimpel the Fool

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    combined with his rigorous honesty, you find yourself sympathizing for Gimpel. Singer makes Gimpel out to be an innocent soul that is taken advantage of for the other children’s amusement and entertainment. By doing this Singer makes the other children antagonist characters. In a way the children are lumped together to be one character; kind of like Gimpel’s nemesis. Singer uses a couple of different ways to create the character Gimpel. First of all he uses what other characters say about him and do

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    Antagonists In Jane Eyre

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    Throughout the novel, Jane Eyre, Jane went through unbelievable hardships. She encountered many different antagonists that while giving her a better understanding of the real world and the aspects of life they certainly didn’t make it easy. The antagonists of this story had major impacts on Jane’s life. These antagonists consisted of Mrs. Reed at Gateshed, Mr. Brocklehurst at the Lowood School, and Bertha at Thornfield. Mrs. Reed was very evil lady from the start of the book. Her son John was extremely

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    heavily arise between the two topics of good and evil. THESIS SENTENCE: Through common stories good and evil are portrayed through both protagonist and antagonist view, creating morals and opinions, and how societies views have changed over time. Paragraph 2:TOPIC SENTENCE: Common stories portray good and evil through both a protagonist and antagonist view.Paragraph 3: TOPIC SENTENCE: Significant morals and opinions are shown in stories made up of good and evil.Paragraph 4: TOPIC SENTENCE: Societies

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