Essays on Protagonist

A great author once said; “Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, are not relatable, if one cannot, put themselves in the protagonist’s shoes, not only will they not be inspired, but the book will be pretty boring.” In The Poisonwood Bible, the idea of a relatable…

Eleven by Sandra Cisneros, uses many educated devices to describe a complicate eleven-year-antique. Rachel, the plain 1st person rehearser, describe the details of her mortifying undecennary birthday. Although her expression mirror her old age, Rachel convoy the obstruction of increasing up with grow exactness. She…

Oftentimes in life, an individual’s ideologies are affected by the experiences that they acquire from others. The protagonist of the story Stephen is a very dynamic character and perplexed about his true nature and identity. He works as a pulp cutter and is conflicted between…

The Road First review Clearly this book struck a chord with me due to the two protagonists and their predicament, a father and his young son struggling in a post-apocalyptic world. To say I could identify with their interactions would be a huge understatement. McCarthy…

The protagonist of this piece is narrating his own story. According to Gerard Genette’s theory, he would be classified as an autodiegetic narrator. Therefore, the reader is limited to the protagonist’s perception of his surroundings. Furthermore, this narrative situation allows for the reader to get…

In Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata, Lysistrata the main protagonist calls the women of Greece to a meeting to discuss the plan to end the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata plans to ask the women to refuse to have sex with their husbands until a treaty of peace has…

Introduction The Zoot Suit movie not only brought us closer to the lives of the Pachucos, but also provided us with to a clear vision of the events that led to the riots in June of 1943, in the city of Los Angeles. In that…

Introduction In the play “Zoot Suits,” by Luis Valdez, tells the struggles of Mexican-Americans through the mysterious case of “sleepy lagoon.” on the story we have our modern tragic hero, Henry, and a mythical, altered ego of him, El Pachuco along with many other characters….

The 1993 movie Groundhog Day narrates the life of Phil Connors. The protagonist, portrayed by Bill Murray, is an egotistical weather-forecaster who is given the duty of covering Groundhog Day in a small town. What intrigued The Times about this cinema was not its extravaganza…

Introduction It’s a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrusted into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you’re ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings…