Category: Literature
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Brobdingnagians
Brobdingnagians are residents of the state named Brobdingen, where Gulliver came after a trip to Lilliputians. During the second voyage, Gulliver’s ship deviates from the course, and the team lands on the nearest island, where people of giant growth live. They are as big compared to humans as humans are to Lilliputians. However, Gulliver eventually…
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Paul Lazarro
Paul Lazzaro is a key character with hard and complicated destiny too. Unfortunately, he is described in the story as an evil. In his life, he is a fellow American POW with a grudge against Billy. He believes that Billy is the one who is responsible for Roland Weary death of gangrene. His character is…
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Tenorio Trementina
Tenorio Trementina is an evil warlock whose aim is to kill Ultima because of her gift for healing. The first conflict arises when his daughters cast a spell on Lucas. Ultima wants to help the boy and decides to lift the curse. However, before doing that, she warns Tenorio that if his girls don’t lift…
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The Secret Life of Bees Study Guide
The Secret Life of Bees Study Guide Author: Sue Monk Kidd Original title: The Secret Life of Bees Published: Published January 28th 2003 by Penguin Books (first published November 8th 2001) Setting: United States of America South Carolina(United States) Tiburon, South Carolina,1964(United States) ISBN 0142001740 (ISBN13: 9780142001745) “The Secret Life of Bees” of the authorship…
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Cash Bundren
The eldest of all Bundren children and probably the most stable one. He is also an experienced and adept carpenter, who makes the coffin for his mother Addie Bundren. The fact that he constructs it right in front of his mother’s bedroom demonstrates how chill and cool Cash is, stripped of many useless emotions. He…
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A Rose for Emily Essays
Miss Emily Grierson: Her Strength and Weakness as Portrayed in “A Rose for Emily” In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” Miss Emily Grierson has been perceived by her townsfolk as an icon and a monument, and that her family “held themselves a little too high for what they really were. None of the young…
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Essays
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first installment of a trilogy by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. Journalist Mikael Blomkvist, fresh from being convicted for libelling a wealthy Swedish financier, is hired by an elderly industrialist to find out who murdered his niece more than…
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Quentin Jacobsen
Quentin Jacobsen is the central male hero of the plot. He leads an ordinary life, attends school and calmly spends his spare time. This character is a contrast of the main heroine – Margo. It is extremely difficult for him to escape his comfort zone; however, feelings to Margo inspire him. The boy takes a…
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Dr. Kenneth
Dr. Kenneth also plays a secondary role in the novel. Kenneth is a main doctor in the book. He treated Catherine, Edgar, Francis. Dr. Kenneth may be called the busiest man in Gimmerton. Between delivering all the babies, diagnosing tuberculosis, and dealing with hysteria and mental illness, he’s on full time. In the overall plot…
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Dewey Dell
The only female in the family, besides her mother Addie Bundren. She is young and her naivety and curiosity have left her pregnant. Her condition keeps her mind distracted and she never truly gets involved with the events related to her mother’s death or the travel adventures. In every city they go she tries to…
