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Curt Lemon was a childish and careless member of the Alpha Company, who was killed while tossing a grenade in a game of catch. Though O’Brien doesn’t particularly like Lemon, Lemon’s death is something O’Brien continually contemplates with sadness and regret. The preventability of his death and the irrational fears of his life—as when a…

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Study Guide Author: Ken Kesey Original title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Characters: Chief Bromden, Randle Patrick McMurphy, Nurse Ratched, William “Billy” Bibbit, Dale Harding, Doctor Spivey, George Sorenson Published: February 1st 1963 by Signet (first published 1962) Setting: Salem, Oregon, 1963 (United States) ISBN 0451163966 (ISBN13: 9780451163967)…

Santiago Nasar is the central figure in the book, and the whole plot is turning around this man. However, the strange thing, we have not too much information about this person. The plot is connected with Santiago’s death, but it is hard to distinguish the reasons for his death and details that had led to…

This character is calm, peaceful, rational. He is intelligent, helpful, and understanding. Most characters acknowledge him as an authority because he can give useful advice to everyone. It is Slim who persuades Candy to kill the dog because it was very old. This man is a skilled mule driver, and he does his best in…

The only true friend of Prometeus, International 4-8818 is an average obedient citizen of the City. Not knowing that life can be different, he follows all the rules but deep inside seeks to realize his own value. Always cheerful and vivacious, he demonstrates the positive attitude towards life even when ordered to become a street…

Our speaker is of melodramatic type. The narrator is a scholar, learned and reasonable, his logic and knowledge do not much help him to recover from the impact of Lenore’s death or escape from his desperate desire to see her again. His desperation leads him to emotional extremes, from depression to near euphoria and finally…

Cal is the son of Adam and Cathy, Aaron’s brother and second Cain. He is also the one who forces you to tell you and to whom you want to hug the book from time to time. He looks very much like Charles (and also looks wise) he wants love for his father and does…

The Warden belongs to the alpha society caste. He works in a New Mexico Savage Reservation as an administrator-in-chief. The author uses the character of the Warden as a mediator between the external world and a New World original reservation. He is an icon that connects two different worlds. The warden tells that the territory…

     Ben, perhaps, is the only rich man whom the author introduces us. But Ben is either a person or a symbol of a successful person. It is even incomprehensible whether he existed, or Willy invented him in his restless, fevered consciousness. In the play, he is represented by a robust, powerful and confident…