Category: Literature

  • Hugh Auld

    He is a husband of Lucretia Anthony. According to the plot, he was a close friend of Douglass. As a character, he was not cruel as he aimed to make the life of slaves easier and happier. That is why a reader can notice author’s respect for him. Hugh Auld was a sheet anchor for…

  • Paul’s mother

    Instead of seeing her son as a glorious soldier, she still sees him as a boy. That is evident by her concerns. Rather than worry about him being shot, she worries that he doesn’t eat enough or that he should be on his guard against the women out there. The real problem out in the…

  • The Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word

    One of the first characters to trigger personal changes of the main protagonist. This is a martyr for egoism and individualism who has to die in the name of his beliefs. Called the Saint of the Pyre, he is condemned to death by the authority for using the unspeakable and forbidden word – I. The…

  • The Misfit

    Under this name we immediately see a person who loves playing her/his role in this life, who didn’t find his route and role in life. According to the story, the Misfit has escaped from the Federal prison, and that is how we get met with him. We get acquainted when the Grandmother reads about him…

  • Eliezer

    The narrator of the book, whose name is Eliezer had a troublesome destiny. When he was 14 years old, he was taken to the concentration camps in Czechoslovakia and Germany. Since childhood he lived in Transylvania, he was interested in the religious faith which increased while he was in concentration camps. Also, in the story,…

  • Frank Churchill

    Emma thought that knowing so many flattering words has been said in his favor. The young man was very handsome: his height, posture, manners were immaculate, his expression was the same inspiration and vivacity as his father had in his eyes and insight. “Your amiable young man is a very weak-hearted young man if for…

  • The Trial Study Guide

    The Trial Study Guide Author: Franz Kafka Original title: Der Prozeß The Trial is a surrealistic novel by Franz Kafka that tells us the story of a single average man fighting with the incredibly complicated and incomprehensible bureaucracy. The horror of the story is in the fact that each single element like trial, interrogation or…

  • Winston

    Winston is the keeper and slicer of the Blood House, the place where animals are killed for providing food for Gladers. Contrary to what the readers may think, he truly loves his job and enjoys killing animals. It is difficult to say exactly whether he is named after a British scholar Robert Winston or Winston…

  • Colonel Aureliano Buendia

    Colonel Aureliano Buendia is the second son of José Arcadio Buendia and Ursula. Aureliano often cried in the womb and was born with open eyes. Most of all loneliness affected the Colonel. He was so incapable of expressing his feelings that it was easier for him to go to the war while leaving his sons…

  • Esmeralda

    Perfection is not only her appearance – from small flawless legs to huge dark eyes and lush black hair. Hugo repeatedly emphasizes that when Esmeralda appears, everything lights up with some kind of magical glow. Her soul is also beautiful. It is impossible to imagine that she could deliberately hurt someone. Without any hesitation, she…