Tag Archives: Character

LITERATURE: Character

Posted on February 12, 2006 by susan

Right now I’m watching the PBS series on Charles Dickens, immediately following his Bleak House presentation.  It is somewhat confirming a thought forming in my mind all day today about character, as depicted in literature classic and contemporary. I’m finding … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: 100 Years – Character Analysis

Posted on October 15, 2005 by susan

Maybe this almost daily posting on 100 Years of Solitude isn’t such a good idea.  I seem to draw conclusions from a reading, or am struck by something, then further on I’m finding that Marquez indeed does tell me clearly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: 100 Years – Character

Posted on October 12, 2005 by susan

Just when I thought I had it knocked, Marquez in his helpful way has just told me I am wrong.  These characters do have thoughts and emotions whereas I found them delightful, intriguing, but rather cold.  Through the dimming vision … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: 100 Years – Character

Posted on September 12, 2005 by susan

Jose Arcadio Buendia is a man of vision, a man of hope, and a man of science.  He has the inquisitive mind that will ask the questions and look for answers.  What man would look at the invention of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Suttree/Character Via Dialogue

Posted on July 2, 2005 by susan

And here I thought Dorothy Parker was good; here’s McCarthy’s Suttree when they finally find their way back to camp:  "He lay down in his blankets.  It was growing dark, long late midsummer twilight in the woods.  He wanted to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Character Build

Posted on June 12, 2005 by susan

There’s much going through my head this morning about characters within a story and I’ll be posting more on it later, but I wanted to get the base down now–before I go write up sales slips and plant geraniums. We … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Character

Posted on June 10, 2005 by susan

Dorothy Parker’s characters are real to me, perhaps because of the era, perhaps because, though this was not as my family lived, it was something I had watched in nightly movies on Channel 5’s The Early show. McCarthy’s characters are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Literature: Character Development

Posted on October 12, 2003 by susan

Just finished rereading Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” (Charters, The Story and Its Writer, p. 1165). The last time I read this was over a year ago and I was struck again in this reading with the poignant portrayal … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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