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    Human beings are complex. Part of the complexity comes from human attributes. There are numerous attributes that can include being constructive, loyal and affectionate. One of the attributes is knowledge and the desire for further knowledge. This attribute is very important in society because scientists and doctors always demonstrate desire for knowledge and crave more knowledge. Cancer is a disease that occurs in every country and it kills many people. There are many types of cancers and the medication

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    story, the protagonist almost agrees with the views those around her are seeing. The protagonist says ““ Curse or disease, it doesn’t matter,” said my older sister. “Either way, no one will marry me if they find out.” I nodded my head: true enough. She was a pretty girl, and we weren’t poor, we were almost gentry. Without me, her coast would be clear” (225) In this quote, the main character is agreeing with the view that she is making life “more difficult” for her sister. The protagonist also states

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    a man named Neddy Merrill who embarks on a ‘voyage’ to swim across the whole county in the fictionalized Bullet Park. In this upper-middle class suburbia, pool parties are the custom and drinking is a popular pastime, especially for the story’s protagonist.

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    In both Doris Lessing’s “To Room Nineteen” and Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”, the protagonists exhibit a kind of selfishness. Although they share this similarity, they present their selfishness in different ways, and ultimately make very different life decisions based upon this. The Rawling family had “everything right, appropriate, and what everyone would wish for, if they could choose.” The husband and wife, Matthew and Susan, had a picture-perfect marriage, “…people to whom others came for

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    to conform include Mr. Mead’s shoes, television, and the houses. Moreover, each symbol that was stated demonstrates a diverse idiosyncratic characteristic about the protagonist as does the psychological components of Mr. Mead such as word choice, speech, behaviour and mental processes. However, throughout the story, the protagonist, Mr. Leonard Mead is exemplified through a third person limitedpoint of view as it gradually illuminates the understanding that society’s need for conformation and an

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    literature a rite or story of initiation does not refer precisely to something of terror. The protagonist of “Araby” faces experiences for which his previous experiences had not prepared him. In this case the main character enters a new stage of his life (an evolutionary stage), from childhood to adolescence. For this reason, “Araby,” by James Joyce, should be considered a story of initiation. The protagonist, and at the same time the narrator of this story is a child that all the experiences he has

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    Rashomon

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    hunger, resulting in him resorting to theft. Therefore, the fact that the protagonist was incredibly desperate made him compromise his morals. In addition to that, Akutagawa also used behavior to prove the theme of this short story. By definition, humans are animals with morals, so by comparing the protagonist to animals, Akutagawa is showing the readers how he slowly loses his morals. He portrays the protagonist as animal like in several instances when he compares him to a cat and a lizard

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    for making them and decides to enter the world of competitive paper plane making. During the movie Dylan meets memorable characters like Kevin (the main character’s mate), Kimi (a Japanese contestant), Jason (another contestant who bullies the protagonist) and struggles with his relationship with his father after the death of his mother. The movie is ‘G’ rated and aimed at children aged around 7-12 years. The movie met its target audience because I feel they would be able to relate to this movie

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    Comparing Bharati Mukherjee's The Tenant and Susan Minot's Lust       The protagonists in both Bharati Mukherjee's "The Tenant" and Susan Minot's "Lust" are extremely promiscuous; both have many sexual relationships with little emotional involvement and no commitment. While the two protagonists display many of the same behaviors and often have similar motivations, their reasoning and reactions sometimes differ. "The Tenant" and "Lust" offer two different perspectives into the social expectations

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    Hamlet and Proof are both plays that contain a similar perspective in the mindsets of the protagonists. Solely due to both plays revolving around the aspect that both Hamlet and Catherine are in communication with their deceased fathers. Thus, these vocal interactions that are occurring are crucial to the plots of both plays. For example, in Hamlet, the conversation that Hamlet has with his departed father is what sets the scheme into action, thus, Hamlet primary objective is to eliminate Claudius

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