This is true for Breaking Away, at the very start of the movie there is conflict between Dave and his father, over Dave's constant imitation of his idols the Italian Cinzano cycling team, to the point where he actually changes his persona, and even shaves his legs. ... Even after he has been beaten up, he is willing to let it go and not take the matter further. ... This is very true for Breaking Away, each of the characters go through some sort of change. Dave can be distinguished as the main character by the fact that he goes through the most changes through the movie. ... Steve Tesich h...

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Readers could be intrigued when there is good development of the story going on. ... An example of this is also shown in "Lamb to the Slaughter", when Mary Maloney is told by her husband that he is going to leave her. ... In "Lamb to the Slaughter", author Roald Dahl makes an interesting twist when Mary Maloney, protagonist of the story, finds herself being the murderer of her own husband using a leg of lamb. ... This twist raises curiosity and questions as to what is going on in Mary Malone's head and how did she turn from a loving woman to being cold and vicious. Plo...

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The grandmother desperately wants to go to eastern Tennessee, to visit some people she knows there. Seemingly willing to go to any lengths necessary to convince Bailey that Tennessee would be better, the grandmother, According to Stephen C. ... Extraordinarily, O"Connor goes on to give the reader more insight as to what will happen in the future when the grandmother says, "Look at the graveyard that was the old family burying ground. ... The grandmother suddenly remembers that the plantation was not in Georgia at all, but in Tennessee, which startles her so badly that she jerks her legs and...

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I am going to explore the ways in which Lu Xun uses characters' physical and verbal actions in "Kong Yiji" to symbolize his concern over China's traditional way of life. ... The second instance was the last time he appeared at the tavern with broken legs and looked more of a mess than before. ...

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