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  • Quentin Jacobsen

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    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…

  • Dr. Kenneth

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    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…

  • Dewey Dell

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    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…

  • The Devil in the White City Study Guide

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    The Devil in the White City Study Guide Author: Erik Larson Original title: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America As other famous works of Erik Larson, “The Devil in the White City” is based on the real historical events that the author studied carefully. He…

  • Mrs. Mary Burton Gulliver

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    This woman is Gulliver’s wife. She is very patient and kind, but her role in the book is really small. At the beginning of the story, we can find out that Gulliver got married to her only because his friends advised him to do so. Therefore, he neglects her and goes on a journey that…

  • The Brothers Karamazov Essays

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    The Brothers Karamazov I. Introduction Writers are always in question as to whether their writings relate to their personal experiences or just an accidental similarity in their fiction, and as to whether they are inside the soul or mind of the narrators in the story or plain fiction writers outside the narration. In… 1 674…

  • Ruth Younger

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    Ruth Younger is a new member of the family who accepts their rules and struggles to make friends with all of the Youngers. This is a tender and soft person who performs no aggressive behavior and is grateful for every new day of her challenging life. Despite the positive attitude to life, the everyday routine…

  • Brutus

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    Brutus is a man of firm convictions and the highest moral principles, he believes that others have such. He is an idealist politician, but he is also a wise man, a philosopher, and partly a poet. The surrounding people admire his noble character. He was very close to Caesar, unlike Cassius. Caesar never doubted his…

  • Santa Sofía de la Piedad

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    Santa Sofía de la Piedad plays the role of José Arcadio submissive wife. So, in her youth, she was bought from her parents, and when her future husband Arcadio fell in love with a woman under the name of Pilar Turner, not even suspecting that she was his mother. Therefore, to prevent the incest act…

  • A Christmas Carol Study Guide

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    A Christmas Carol Study Guide Author: Charles Dickens Original title: A Christmas Carol Characters: Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Tiny Tim, Fan Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” in 1843 and it has become a legendary scenario for numerous cartoons, movies and…