Theodore Roosevelt: Image and Ideology Theodore Roosevelt was a complex man of family, property and education. ... Saveth shows that even though Roosevelt had many qualities disliked by the electorate, he succeeds in winning and keeping the nation's confidence with his strong character traits. ... Instead of emphasizing his superiority and the public's need for leaders such as him, Roosevelt stressed the importance of character, of which his was more democratic with open ears to the citizens he represented. ...

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The main character is Thomas Fowler, an English reporter stationed in Vietnam. ... Each of the three main characters are from a different country, and they were used to represent it. As the main character in the novel, Fowler possessed many complex levels to his psyche. ... All three of these characters were believable. ... Pyle was the most unlikeable character because of he was two-faced, and because of his cold inhumane actions. ...

• Word Count: 955
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• Grade Level: High School

The Latino American culture portrayed by this book is no different having prominent themes and traits seen in the characters and repeated throughout the novel. ... The character Marin is one of these people who depend on men and she waits for a specific one to come change her life and gives her a purpose in the whole cyclical culture (p27). ... If Mango Street was in an upscale neighborhood would it really make a difference in relation to the characters" lives, or would the forceful dominance still be present in day-to-day life? ... Through the main character in the book, ideas are expresse...

• Word Count: 1127
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The small community associated with San Piedro Island, recently stricken with the misfortune of a mysterious drowning, soon realizes a more complex situation. ... Thus the description of Carl Heine's home apparently alludes to his very character. The presence of setting, in its most transparent realistic form, swabs the otherwise blasé backgrounds and characters with hints or sponge-loads of romantic tinges, depending upon their corresponding importance in Snow Falling On Cedars. ...

• Word Count: 950
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• Grade Level: Graduate

Amid this extraordinary opportunity, however, American writers faced new and complex challenges with regard to originality, authenticity, and social worth. ... What often makes his stories interesting, and sometimes fascinating, is that the characters are capable of being surprised and overwhelmed by something they learn in the course of the story. ... Johnson, because as the story progresses the once common-folk characters begin to shed their ignorance and weakness and come into their own. ...

• Word Count: 905
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These are normally fronted and supported by a complex network comprised of think tanks that are conservative spokespeople from the United States and other allies, and retired state officials and military retirees. ... A film that features a main character that is of either Islamic or Arabic origin, studying in a highly cosmopolitan university in the United States, would be a positive representation of this identity. ... The life and character of the lead actor should display ideals from the two sides of his identity, which are Arabian and American....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After the war, in Ceremony, Silko introduced the character, Helen Jean, who depicts the all true nature of Native Americans holding on to what once was good, equality. ... Even today, in the world, the perception of identity is still complex and changing as the world continues to evolve....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The United States of America draws its strength from its complex ethnic and cultural diversity. ... All he had to do was to commit him-self to the political ideology centered on the abstract ideals of liberty, equality, and republicanism, thus the Universalist ideological character of American nationality meant that it was open to anyone who willed to become an American....

• Word Count: 1077
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate