Camus's The Stranger Is Camus's Meursault a juvenile delinquent? ... Scherr spends his entire essay depicting ideas about Meursault, mainly the thought that he is a very smart character. ... Many critics agree that Meursault is not a good character but Scherr refutes these ideas by giving his interpretation of Meursaults actions. ... Lastly, Scherr briefly points out the many similarities between Camus and his character Meursault. ... Scherr felt as though it was his job to prove that Camus wanted Meursault to be depicted as a smart character, Camus wanted him to be a lot like h...

• Word Count: 650
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Without the sun the characters are left to live in an area that is unnatural to them and uncomfortable. ... Characters in thriller novels are usually in harm's path. "The characters are at great risk" (Larsson); Thrillers create immense danger for the characters to keep the reader on edge. ... Events take a dark turn when the chemical leak takes effect on a stranger; he goes insane. ... When the insane stranger starts reciting twisted versions of children's story's, readers realize other characters are in a dangerous situation: his actions cannot be predicted. ...

• Word Count: 625
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He rejected the belief in God, and much of his poetry reads on the helplessness of a character against uncontrollable forces. ... She - At His Funeral They bear him to his resting-place-- In slow procession sweeping by; I follow at a stranger's space; His kindred they, his sweetheart I. ...

• Word Count: 277
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• Grade Level: High School

Due to this incident, gradually through out the novel we find the details of each character and how this incident gradually pulled the family apart. ... Then when a stranger, Henry Warburton who is an evangelist comes into the story and helps the Flack family. ...

• Word Count: 271
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+One of the worst and easiest character flaw's to fall under would be acting too prideful. ... Darcy due to his mistaken character. ... Pride comes inevitably in all human beings, but Solomon realizes that you must, "Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips"(English Standard Version, Proverbs 27:2). ... Since the beginning of time, pride takes an unavoidable rule in human's characters, which is seen in numerous passages of the Bible that speaks negatively of the flawed character trait. ... Darcy's character because it influence...

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Throughout the story, the war itself plays the greatest role in influencing the characters. If not for the war, the two main characters, Catherine and Frederick would not have had the chance to meet. ... Throughout the story, the characters live off promiscuity and excess. They can be seen drinking heavily and making love to complete strangers. ... The historical social setting of the novel influences the characters in different ways. ...

• Word Count: 666
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• Grade Level: High School

Some of these similarities are the way the characters are depicted and the final scene. ... There are three main characters in this short story/movie. ... The actors picked for the roles fit almost perfectly to the descriptions of the characters in the short story. Scratch is described as a " soft-spoken, dark-dressed stranger...white teeth...were filed to a point". ... The first of these is the way the characters are depicted. ...

• Word Count: 934
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The characters were sped perfectly; no one character was like the other. ... I think that males would enjoy this book mainly because of the fact that all the characters were boys. ... My favorite character in the book would have to be Simon. ... Probably the people who could enjoy this book the most would be the faithful followers of Science Fiction and Adventure novels that might enjoy the stranger aspects of life. ...

• Word Count: 882
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• Grade Level: High School

Through the author's portrayal of not only Christopher but also the characters, honesty is presented as vital in building trust in relationships and in understanding people's individuality. ... Christopher is a character is often be seen by strangers as rude, strange and aggressive. ... Most characters in the novel lie at some stage; this is often a personal coping mechanism or because they want to prevent other people being hurt or worried. ...

• Word Count: 815
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

An example of character development is a character that evolves from self indulgence into caring about his or her family, and then finally society. Many characters in the novel complete this cycle, especially Tom Joad. ... At the end of the novel, Rose of Sharon was the only character who did not complete the cycle of character development. ... All the other characters complete the cycle of character development thus implying she will as well. ... This shows the theme of brotherhood because Rose of Sharon helps a stranger to survive. ...

• Word Count: 1107
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• Grade Level: High School

The period when Thompson is getting prepared to go on his "savage journey" when he tells his attorney: "Jesus, just one hour ago we were sitting over there in that stinking baiginio, stone broke and paralyzed for the weekend, when a call comes through from some total stranger in New York, telling me to go to Las Vegas and expenses be damned- and then he sends me over to some office in Beverly Hills where another total stranger gives my $300 raw cash for no reason at all I tell you, my man, this is the American Dream in action! ... The characters in the novel interact with the American Dre...

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The main character in the novel is Ann Burden, from Burden Valley, in the United States of America. ... A stranger arrives one day in a plastic suit and Ann watches him explore the valley from the cave that she is observing him from. ... This shows us that Ann is a caring and compassionate individual, instead of being fearful of the stranger, she is fearful for him, as she cannot bear the thought of being alone if anything should happen to him. ...

• Word Count: 1030
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

I will give a basic summary of the story line, and I intend to show the omniscient narrator's point of view in analysis of the characters. ... Suddenly, a pregnant stranger stops in town and decides to stay. ... The omniscient narrator's point of view allows the reader to feel the emotions of all the characters, as well as see both sides of a conversation as it is happening. ... The omniscient narrator's point of view reveals all the thoughts and emotions of each character, making it very easy to empathize with them. ... John is not as prominent a character in the novel as h...

• Word Count: 1146
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• Grade Level: High School

The author uses the town as an introduction to the typical lives of the main characters Conor and Branwell. ... The main characters, Conor and Branwell, are teenage boys. ... The period compliments the development of characters and plot perfectly, tying together reader to character. 3. ... Conor spent months on end talking to numerous strangers, trying to solve Branwell's mystery and in the end he solved it and pulled Branwell out of his forsaken silence. ...

• Word Count: 1115
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• Grade Level: High School

Although mothers and daughters are genetically related, sometimes they seem like complete strangers. ... Despite the mothers struggle to transform their daughters into the best combination: "American circumstances and Chinese character (289)," in time, these daughters realize that they wanted to be Chinese, not because it was cool, but because they come to understand who they really were. ...

• Word Count: 972
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School