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This cute boy has an important influence on the story. What do we mean? Johnny Taylor is the first boy that Janie kisses being a teenager. Probably she feels something lovely to him, and that makes her think that feelings are a very nice thing, and the aim of marriage should be in this –…

Lady Middleton is another minor character in the novel Sense and Sensibility. She is described by the author as a gentle and quiet woman that keeps her focus mainly on her children. In comparison to her husband, she has good manners and creates a positive first impression on people. At the same time, she keeps…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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 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…