The horrors themselves were something that the soldiers had to cope with whilst keeping focus on fighting the opposition, different characters responded to these horrors in a number of ways. Some soldiers found it difficult psychologically to comprehend with some of the horrors faced, in cases the deaths of close comrades, whilst other characters who had more experience at war, used these horrors to motivate themselves to kill more Germans. ... 'Within two hours they had blown Byrne's head, bit by bit, off his body so that only a hole remained between his shoulders.' ... Fau...

• Word Count: 1354
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Quentin, a character who knew only the legend of the Sutpen family, is summoned by a women who tells him the story of the family. ... Compson takes Rosa's story and adds more truth too it thus in a sense poking holes in her story and getting ride of the idea of an objective narrator. ... Compson takes the character that Rosa demonstrated as a demonic man who wanted to destroy people into a character that is much more human. ... This makes Thomas into a more human character that works hard for what he has. ... Quentin and his roommate use their previous knowledge of the legend to integrate...

• Word Count: 1384
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway displays one specific character, Frederic Henery, and his experiences in World War I. ... In the novel a mortar bomb strikes a fox hole in which the main character, Frederic Henery is feasting on some cheese and wine. ... Hemingway uses Frederic Henery, the main character in the novel, A Farewell to Arms, to present the escape of the horrors of war often, through just the simple pleasures in ones life. ...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

There was much talk of Tan's ability to create such vivid and easily understood characters, and rightly so. ... The same is true for the characters in the novel. ... This holds true until the very last of these parables, which is a coming together of sorts for the characters (Huntley 44). ... Her character is representative not only of the daughters" point of view, but the mothers" as well (Huntley 44). ... This space has created a hole of sorts in the tradition of the Joy Luck Aunties; they already feel their old world ways slipping away from them, especially when they realize how fr...

• Word Count: 1953
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

This theme of 'obsessive love' exploits amorality, tragedy and destruction within the characters, revealing that – obsession can lead to loss in morality. ... Fowles shows that Frederick meticulously measured Miranda to get the hole for the coffin and the coffin the right size for her. ... Miranda's imprisonment in Frederick's basement is experienced differently by the two main characters. ...

• Word Count: 2435
• Approx Pages: 10

Hamlets' character flaws mirror my own. ... It helps us to see whether we have dirt on our faces or holes on our shirts, things we may have ignored if we did not see the reflections of ourselves in a mirror. ... She was assumed to be untrustworthy and of ill character. ... Like mirrors, literature enables us to see our situations by observing a character's achievements and flaws. ... The character is instantly unlikeable, ignorant and dismissive of her husband's heritage. ...

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Their characters throughout the story follow the same outline, as both belong to the same choir in the start, and at the end, both hunt and think alike. ... When Ralph is in trouble, Piggy usually says something to get Ralph out of the hole he has put himself into. ...

• Word Count: 1849
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School