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There is something intangibly familiar about these events and the people within them — some memory buried deep in our mind, like the one that haunts Charlie (Logan Lerman), the lost protagonist of the story who simply wants to be found (Hopefully, whatever our memory might be is happier than that one).

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The protagonist of Stern's story «Packages» — who closely resembles the author himself — travels from Chicago to New York for his mother's memorial service.

In the compelling story of capitalism the protagonist is the free individual who willingly exchanges...

In Chapter 11 of William P. Young's «The Shack,» the story's protagonist, Mackenzie, encounters a mysterious female figure who represents Wisdom, (no doubt inspired by Solomon's personification of the virtue in the book of Proverbs.)

While the show tells a different story, its primary protagonists are, as in the book and movie, two troubled priests who agree to fight a possessing demon at the request of the victim's mother (played by Geena Davis).

On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction Karl Iagnemma, The Dial Press, $ 22.95 A computer technician who thinks he's found the mathematical equation for romance and a botanist who secretly yearns for the author of her field's most trusted text are two of the protagonists in a spellbinding collection of short stories from Iagnemma, a roboticist and fiction writer at MIT.

The protagonist of» 71, a gritty and garrote - tight suspense story set in the split city of Belfast in the year before Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday massacre, is Gary, a stand - up chap from Derbyshire who has joined Britain's Parachute Regiment.

The protagonist, a woman who's coerced into becoming a spy, also could have been a giant misstep for the film, since we spend so much of the story wondering what she's doing and why she's doing it.

Cast as Diana Guzman, the fierce and vibrant protagonist of Kusama's story of a high school girl who takes up boxing, Rodriguez went on to earn almost universal acclaim for her powerful portrayal, winning the admiration of audiences and critics from Sundance to Toronto.Of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent, Rodriguez was born in Bell County, TX, on July 12, 1978.

mmm... a protagonist who complete dominates a long film to the detriment of context and the other players in the story (though the abolitionist, limping senator with the black lover does gets close to stealing the show, and is rather more interesting than the hammily - acted Lincoln); Day - Lewis acts like he's focused on getting an Oscar rather than bringing a human being to life - Lincoln as portrayed is a strangely zombie character, an intelligent, articulate zombie, but still a zombie; I greatly appreciate Spielberg's attempt to deal with political process and I appreciate the lack of «action» but somehow the context is missing and after seeing the film I know some more facts but very little about what makes these politicians tick; and the lighting is way too stylised, beautiful but unremittingly unreal, so the film falls between the stools of docufiction and costume drama, with costume drama winning out; and the second subject of the film - slavery - is almost complete absent (unlike Django Unchained) except as a verbal abstraction

Since their formation in 2013, the activists and journalists, former high school teachers and college students who are the protagonists of this story, have lived on the run from the extremist group, ducking in and out of safe houses throughout Raqqa, Germany, and neighboring Turkey.

And the nightmarishly - dark, rapid - paced and definitive D.O.A. (1949) from cinematographer - director Rudolph Mate - told the flashback story of lethally - poisoned and doomed protagonist Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien), a victim of circumstance who announced in the opening: «I want to report a murder - mine.»

The story follows two main protagonists, Galil and Azura, who are a part of a resistance group called the Night Ravens, which is run by Azura's father.

Directed by Lee Unkrich with some of the warmth and imagination he brought to «Toy Story 3» (and co-directed by Adrian Molina, who wrote the script with Matthew Aldrich), «Coco» is the first of Pixar's 19 features to feature a non-white human protagonist, diversifying a company slate that has already proven a model of inclusivity with regard to talking fish, sentient toys and anthropomorphic cars.

The success of Iron Man has established a fairly clear formula for the origin story, in which the arrogant but loveable protagonist gains great power in a life - altering experience, wrestles with his own self - doubt before emerging stronger for it, and finally confronts the big bad, who is usually some twisted version of the hero.

Make the kidnappers the protagonists and tell the story of a trio of ne'er - do - wells who stumble into a life - changing crime.

Not unlike Remy in «Ratatouille,» a movie to which «Free Birds» otherwise bears zero resemblance, Reggie (voiced by Owen Wilson) is introduced as the story's animal - misfit protagonist, a farm turkey of above - average intelligence who alone realizes the cruel fate that awaits his flock come November.

It'd be foolish not to praise a film that shows this much restraint in telling such a common story and places its entire weight on the shoulders of a well - drawn, empowered female protagonist who nonetheless feels congruous with the times.

And we should applaud his move towards telling more stories with female protagonists — he recently said to The Guardian that «the journeys of young women are more moving» — because it means better roles for Carey Mulligan, Reese Witherspoon, and Saoirse Ronan, immensely talented actors who deserve all the opportunities they can get.

The protagonist of the story is one of those supposedly stolen children, a boy raised by the trolls as one of their own who goes by the name Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead Wright of Game of Thrones fame).

«Alias Grace» is built around the unrelenting ambiguity of its protagonist, and it manages the Herculean effort of making a six - part miniseries thrum with that same sense of being adrift in a woman's story without having any idea of who she really is.

«Trance» reunites Boyle with screenwriter John Hodge, who has written four of his films, including «Shallow Grave» and «Trainspotting,» and it also marks a first for the filmmaker: the story centers on a female protagonist.

The protagonist of the story is one of those supposedly stolen children, a boy raised by the trolls as one of their own who goes by the name Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead Wright of

He's chosen the durable formula of the protagonist who slowly realizes he's stumbled into a coven, cult, or den of vampires, and adds the novel element of racial paranoia — the story grows from Peele's own fears of being a black man in a white world.

However, just as we have suggested with previous installments of this franchise, without some discussion of characters» intentions, selfishness and prideful behavior, this will only be yet another love story of a strong - willed female protagonist who also happens to be a lethal killer.

Over the next two hours, many answers emerge: the «King of Love»; the leader of artists and intellectuals who «soaks up other people's suffering and sweat»; the man born as Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto; the writer - cum - protagonist who shapes his own story.

So once again the game returns players to the kick - ass protagonist Geralt of Rivia who is drawn into another tale but unlike the Witcher 3 Wild Hunt, this story is much more down to Earth.

The protagonist of the story is a teenager called Tom Natsworthy, who joins forces with a young woman from an area known as the Outlands, to discover a mystery that could change the world they live in.

The bulk of the story of memory and reality remains in tact surrounding the bewildered protagonist Douglas Quaid, this time around played by a stern Colin Farrell, a factory worker married to a gorgeous wife (Kate Beckinsale) who visits REKAL, a trippy company that implants memories into individuals who yearn to experience a life outside their depressing surroundings.

Gabriel Even though Lou Howe's feature writing - directing debut, Gabriel, isn't remotely a twist - driven movie, it'd be unconscionable to reveal too much about it, since it's so reliant on its protagonist's point of view, and on the gradually unspooling story of who he is and what he's all about.

Frank Pierson, an Oscar ® - nominated screenwriter (Cat Ballou [1965] and Cool Hand Luke [1967]-RRB- who made his feature directing debut on the film, makes a few changes to Le Carr's story, most notably in the identity of its protagonist, Leiser.

The formula that Black continues to use emerges from the subgenre known as buddy cop: from Lethal Weapon to his most recent film, The Nice Guys, the protagonists are a pair of unusual detectives, who are instantly a peculiarity among the unfolding crime story of the film.

The picture's protagonist is Dorothea Fields, a middle - aged chain - smoker who owns the dilapidated rooming house where the bulk of the story is set.

Speaking of husbands bearing «meh» gifts, the story line itself is a bit unconventional for Mother's Day, as it features a female protagonist who is trapped in (and escapes from) a loveless marriage.

Or are you unaware that Sarah Hoyt is a female Latino science fiction writer who has written stories including homosexual romances on the part of protagonists which have led to happy endings?

Short story writer, Chinese novelist and the youngest, first female President of the Chinese Writers Association (elected at age 49 in 2006), Tie Ning has long written about ordinary female protagonists who are often from rural backgrounds.

Silver Justice is the story of a strong female protagonist, Silver Cassidy, who is the FBI agent running a task force that's hunting a brutal serial killer who is targeting financial industry bigwigs.

My first collection of stories, Faith, consisted of fourteen stories that fell within the 3500 - 6000 word length and, at least structurally, obeyed most of the conventions the fiction writing texts of the time recommended, as each narrative hinges upon a protagonist in a vividly rendered place who faces a conflict and makes a discovery.

No one of these stories is completely biographical, but there is a piece of me in every protagonist: the woman who worries if she should become a mother at all, the woman who struggles to conceive, the mother who finds purpose in her children and fears failure.

Award - winning author - illustrator Laura Vaccaro Seeger tells a story of childhood fears in her newest picture book, starring a young protagonist who looks life's scary things right in the eyes.

Readers who insist that characters must be «likable» for them to enjoy a story had best steer clear of Alissa Nutting's debut novel, Tampa, a black comedy whose protagonist's soul is as dark as a thunderstorm at midnight.

A philosophical master class, it is quite staggeringly good, whereas the reviewer for Publishers Weekly (who some might feel have missed the point) says, «the moral of the story — you snots in the West don't know how good you have it — comes through so early that the protagonist's final transformation to good, loving citizen and son feels redundant.

Meloy, who made a splash with his Wildwood Chronicles, accomplishes this rare feat with panache, turning out an infectious — and at times cinematic — adventure suffused with personal growth, secrecy, slight of hand, and higher stakes than the story's protagonist ever imagined.

At the other end of the scale Publishers Weekly (who I personally think has missed the point) says, «the moral of the story — you snots in the West don't know how good you have it — comes through so early that the protagonist's final transformation... feels redundant.»

Perhaps unsurprisingly, given that Pearlman (who published her first collection at age sixty) is in her late seventies, several of the stories feature protagonists in late middle - age or older.

Despite critics who have spewed vehemently against the practicality of the story line in Fifty Shades — such as the apparent mental illness and childhood sexual abuse of the male protagonist and the inexplicable naively virginal female lead — there are still reasons to see the title as a success for both its genre and ebooks as a whole.

At every turn in the satirical story, someone who could unmask our protagonist lurks... Shriver's fear of being outed as an impostor rings true for any writer — wannabe or bona fide — who's ever doubted their abilities.»

My hope is that using «the Luminate» will add to the fantasy feel of my story and allow my protagonist's faith journey to be meaningful to all readers, perhaps even those who might otherwise steer clear of Christian fiction.

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