From the film Chicken Run I have chosen to study the character Ginger. Through her character along with the use of narrative elements and filmic codes, the viewers are positioned to accept Ginger's values of loyalty, helping others and freedom for all. ... The prison of war camp feeling is created with the fast, exciting and triumphant music that is taken from the movie The Great Escape a movie about war and the many references such as the chickens digging a hole with cutlery. ... Throughout the film filmic codes constantly place Ginger as the small and significant character. Yet, th...

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The "threshold" of the story is the point in which the character has to leave behind the security of his known world. ... The "revelation" part of the adventure takes place when the character's view on life, or way of thinking changes abruptly. ... The character's entry into "the abyss" is where the greatest challenge of the journey takes place. ... He writes poetry, smokes his pipe in his hobbit-hole and still retains his love for food and drink like any hobbit, but the eyes that look at the world never see quite the same again....

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The female characters are usually obedient, silent, and helpless. ... The character Beauty is one of the most impressive main characters in any fairy tale, she is defiantly does not play the simple female role. ... This love she feels makes her character that much more respectable. ... Beauty is one example of the strong women characters in fairy tales. ... This interpretation of his actions can also seen in the bible, this is an exhibit of how women were looked at as less important in the family as a hole. ...

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There have, of course, been slight differences between all of the characters Russian Literature class has classified as heroes as of now. ... He had to wear his old coat with holes in it, and because of that he caught a fever and died. ...

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One character that I feel always shows great courage, confidence and composure is Mrs Peaceful. ... In the story Charlie is one of the most courageous characters in my opinion because of some many reasons. One of his bravest moments is when he is ordered by the sergeant to leave Tommo to die in a hole, but he refuses knowing he will be punished possibly even killed, and this act of courage does lead to his death. ... It's strange because as the reader you can see that Charlie is obviously one of the most courageous characters in the novel but then he makes some of the most cowardly mistak...

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Odysseus displays leadership when Charybdis who was a giant hole in the sea that swallowed and vomited the sea three times a day. ... In Homer's Epic, The Odyssey, it's main character Odysseus set the highest standards of an epic hero. ...

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But only in the world of fiction do these characters come out to play. ... Paul signed up for the war for one reason and that was because his teacher Kandorek, who was fascinated with war, persuaded his hole class to join the war. ... Also must not forget that he is a top of the line athlete, which only adds more to this awesome character. ...

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