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In the book “Silence of the Lambs” (Harris, 1988) the whole plot is based around three main characters. Clarice Starling is a precociously self-disciplined FBI trainee who is put into the position of trying to unravel the mind of an evil genius, Hannibal “the cannibal” Lecter, in order to find the answers needed to capture…

.. p from Smaug in the Lonely Mountain. The next most notable group were the spiders. Playing the part of a man with distinguished valor was indeed Bilbo. With the help of the ring that he found earlier on, Bilbo was able to make battle with the spiders and end victorious. He was faced with…

The Crucible is a drama based upon the 1690’s Massachusetts witchcraft trials. The Crucible tells of the havoc wrought in early Salem when some restless young girls claim that witches are taking over the village. Their leader, Abigail Williams, hopes for revenge against Elizabeth Proctor, her past employer. Abby was dismissed from her job because…

In The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin describes to her readers a young womans response to her husbands death, or at least his presumed death. The opinions readers will draw from this story will vary from person to person due to personal experiences. The experience and wisdom that I have gained through the trails…

Impression formation is the process by which we form an overall impression of someone’s character and abilities based on available information about their traits and behaviors). For example, consider how often you make this kind of judgments every day. When you meet with a new co-worker, you immediately begin to develop an initial impression of…

In his brief but complex story Araby, James Joyce concentrates on character rather than on plot to reveal the ironies within self-deception. On one level Araby is a story of initiation, of a boy’s quest for the ideal. The quest ends in failure but results in an inner awareness and a first step into manhood….

Although Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton are parallels to each other, they contrast in a great number of ways. Their awkward relationship plays a significant role in the number of elements which make Fifth Business such an interesting story. ;#9;While Dunstan Ramsay had never been too interested in competing with Percy Boyd Staunton, Percy…

Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener”: Introduction of CharacterMelville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener”: Introduction of Character In the first three paragraphs of Bartleby the Scrivener, Melville introduces a character who will be played upon and defined throughout his text. This introduction is crucial to the story and the fact that the lawyer introduces himself greatly increases its effectiveness….

It is generally recognized that Tim O’Brien’s Going After Cacciato (1978) is most likely the best novel of the Vietnam war, albeit an unusual one in that it innovatively combines the experiential realism of war with surrealism, primarily through the overactive imagination of the protagonist, Spec Four Paul Berlin. The first chapter of this novel…

The Land & Cities France is the largest country in Western Europe. It is divided into two regions. Biarritz in the southwest and Luxembourg is in the northeast.The north is mostly plains while the south is surrounded by hills and high mountains, including Mont Blanc (4,807 m/15,771 ft), the highest point in France and in…