The main character and protagonist in the story is a little boy named Colonel Sartoris. ... Also, in the first paragraph we are introduced to the main character and protagonist in the story, Sarty. ... Abner's continuing contempt for "they", in this case, De Spain, is no less evident by the fact that after De Spain confronts Abner with the demand for having his rug cleaned and returned to him, Abner ruins the rug by rubbing a hole through it with a rock. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

His friend Willis and he had dug the hole for Strout's body days earlier. ... The fact that Matt Fowler is a round character makes it difficult for me to summarize all the different emotions he displayed in this selection. As a dynamic character, his range of emotions change from frustration and anger to disbelief and moral insecurity. ...

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The story is intriguing because until close to the end the writer does not start to reveal the true nature of the character. ... Because we are have this image that what we all do individually does not effect us as a hole, because of course we are all individuals that live in separate planets which don't effect everybody else's, right? ... So he puts down his deepest yearnings into this hole immortality bid, which gives insight of the common bond of all living things. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

People spend their whole lives trying to flee from something. A person's life echoes her upbringing, unless she does everything in her power to get away. In the short story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, her character Dee portrays the need to escape. Dee was ashamed of her family and their he...

• Word Count: 610
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School