Sentences with phrase «young protagonists who»

In Vaclav & Lena Haley Tanner has created two unforgettable young protagonists who evoke the joy, the confusion, and the passion of having a profound, everlasting connection with someone else.

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.

Not exact matches

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.)

«The Fountainhead» her protagonist, Howard Roark, is an individualistic young architect who chooses to struggle in obscurity rather than compromise his artistic and personal vision.

Similarly, «playing God» pairs with the young gay protagonist of the video sitting in a pew with his mother, the same mother who harasses him until he shuts the door in her face at «paraphrase a book written thirty - five - hundred years ago,» and who aggressively makes the sign of the cross (to the lyric «preach hate») before storming out («holy water... poisoned») when her son brings his soon - to - be spouse home for dinner.

While there are some clear narrative similarities - the protagonists are all three young men, who undertake some form of manual labour to get by and feed their respective vices - there is a big difference in emphasis.

The characters are an entertaining group of misfits, of particular note is central protagonist and narrator Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with aspirations of stability, and of happiness in his life, but who is utterly unable to survive without «one more hit», the violent and psychotic Begbie (Robert Carlyle), who refuses to take heroin but makes up for not doing drugs by «doing people» instead, and the childlike Spud (Ewan Bremner), the innocent fool of the group, and the most vulnerable to peer pressure.

The film also deserves credit for giving us a young male protagonist who isn't a completely unlikeable, unpleasant slacker.

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Braff does a solid job as the main protagonist, although it's easy to imagine a better actor doing more with the part, while Mandy Patinkin and Joey King (who's steadily proving herself to be one of the best young talents in the business) both deliver great supporting work as Aidan's judgmental, orthodox father and ultra-religious daughter, respectively.

Which brings us to our protagonist Arlo, the youngest of three Apatosaurus farmer children who gets seperated from his family while chasing after a critter we later learn is called Spot.

The movie's secret weapon, though, is Vince Vaughn's sardonic protagonist Peter LaFleur, who keeps the craziness grounded in a manner reminiscent of a young Bill Murray.

The one beam of light in the darkness is the addition of a new student, a young, energetic fox who immediately takes a shine to the protagonist, giving him a real companion for the first time in his life.

Typical horror gene fair has the protagonist as a weak young woman who is constantly running up the stairs only to get stabbed during sex or in the shower.

«We are looking forward to sharing Lover For a Day with arthouse crowds, fans of Garrel and French cinema, as well as younger audiences / students who can relate to the two protagonists — especially Esther Garrel's growing fan base given the break - out year she has had, with an impressive performance in Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name in addition to her leading role in Lover For a Day,» commented Kasman.

A breakthrough film for several young Asian performers, the problems with Better Luck Tomorrow begin and end with the passivity of protagonist Ben (Parry Shen), who, when asked to provide the violent plot point that propels the film to its conclusion, breaks out of character so mortally the film never recovers.

Gordon - Levitt will voice the protagonist, a young boy named Jiro Horikoshi, who dreams of flying and meeting Italian plane designer Giovanni Caproni.

Wasting no time at all, Slow West quickly finds its feet establishing not only the beautiful vastness of the landscape to which it calls home (framed beautifully in all its glorious spender by Cinematographer Robbie Ryan, who does not miss a beat throughout), but in presenting our young fragile protagonist full of youthful naivety and wide - eyed wonder.

Instead I felt constantly exercised by the vaguely patronising attitude it adopted to its protagonists, a group of young Sudanese refugees who find themselves all at sea when they emigrate to America.

His protagonist is his youngest subject yet, a boy who is soon bounced from his home after a tragic incident and must set off westward in search of the only other person willing to take care of him.

We meet our fresh - scrubbed protagonist, Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a young teen, who is about 16 years old.

Casting long - time collaborator Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as his young protagonist's divorced parents, and his own daughter, Lorelei, as older sister Samantha, the hunt was on for the child who would play Mason from age six to 18, a pretty immense undertaking.

Thoroughbreds is bereft of strong parental influences, so its protagonists are left to their own devices in environments of opulence and class, and we come to them at the culmination of young lives where this has formed them into human beings who perhaps lost some of that humanity in the process of growing up.

Though burdened with some painfully clumsy passages of dialogue littered throughout Wentworth Miller's screenplay, the film succeeds on the strength of its lush visuals, nimble editing, sweeping musical contributions by Clint Mansell and Philip Glass, and magnetic performances by Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode as, respectively, the reserved young protagonist and her creepily seductive uncle who reappears shortly after the death of her father (Dermot Mulroney).

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 young actors who play Paxton's sons in the flashback portions of the film deserve much of the praise, with Matt O'Leary, in particular, being a sympathetic protagonist as young Fenton, a young boy torn between his love for his father and the moral duty to stop his murderous ambitions.

Joining Owen in heading the cast is his younger brother Luke, who also shines brightly, in the part of introspective protagonist.

But that's not the case for Bo (played by rising star Jacob Latimore), the talented young high school protagonist of «Sleight,» who uses the craft of magic as a means of escaping the harsh realities of inner city life.

For the most part, Baubach has aged alongside his protagonists, making While We're Young his clearest take on the mid-life crisis age of Generation X. Much of the conflict of the film comes from the sense that they are somewhat of a lost generation, sandwiched between the can - do hard working Baby Boomer attitude of those who came before (Grodin's character) and the less traditionalist, blunter millennial hipster culture (Driver's character).

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.

Appearing only in the first of three vignettes, Ali is tasked with creating a complex and compelling father figure who casts a shadow over the rest of film, inspiring our young protagonist to gradually mould himself in his image.

Watching it, I thought about the fact that we don't learn too much about the backstories of the characters, especially protagonist Rebecca (Teresa Palmer), a wayward daughter who tries to protect her younger brother, Martin (Gabriel Bateman), from her psychologically unbalanced mother, Sophie (Maria Bello).

Viewers can relate to both the middle - aged protagonists and the young Tonio, a young man who hasn't quite figured out his dreams.

Unit publicist James Ferrera gives us a vague idea of the plot: «The protagonist is a young girl named Quinn who has just lost her mother.

This can be seen in the way the protagonist interacts with other young people, and especially in Raya's relationship with bad - girl Michelle (Tracey Armstrong) who also lives for dancing — and drugs.

That's certainly the case with the admirable young protagonist in writer - director Mickey Keating «s latest horror film, «Carnage Park,» as she's forced to fight back against her new enemies, who threaten her plans to realize her objectives.

Instead of the military (his younger brother and only sibling did become a naval officer), White entered the University of Virginia (UVA), where he majored in English and was aiming at journalism for a career until he discovered an interview of William Faulkner, who had taught at the school, describing Ike McCaslin, protagonist in Go Down, Moses.

Reynolds» first foray into middle - grade fiction follows the path of other stellar writers like Christopher Paul Curtis and Rita Williams - Garcia, who have brought their young protagonists home to meet the family.

The protagonist, Ifemelu, is a young Nigerian woman who writes a successful blog about her experiences of race in America, a minefield that Adichie travels with wisdom, humor and honesty.

Redick immerses the reader in themes and archetypical characters many will recognize from other novels in the category (good vs. evil; the young protagonist with a mysterious skill and / or past; the malevolent Dark Lord who wants to take over the world; etc.) Redick, though, puts a unique spin on this tried and true format, turning the reader's expectations upside down and creating a story that engages the imagination.

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.

Furthermore, your books feature several gay protagonists — which is still (sadly) somewhat revolutionary in a series that appears to target Young Adult readers — while Windsinger also introduces an asexual character, who suffers shaming and abuse from his father for his «abnormality».

In the sixth book featuring Donna Leon's ever - charming and sympathetic protagonist, Commissario Guido Brunetti comes to the aid of a young nursing sister who has had five patients unexpectedly die and decides to leave her convent.

You have the bright young protagonist, who is naive and perhaps tends to fail at a lot of things, but has a talent that is just itching to be taken advantage of.

In the role of young protagonist is Nicholas Bolton, a 27 - year old investor who made A$ 4.5 M ($ 4M) almost bringing down BrisConnections, the developer of a A$ 4.8 B ($ 4.3 B) Australian toll road.

It'll follow a much younger Bayek, the protagonist who had to flee his tranquil home in Siwa in order to uncover truths, and pursue his true purpose as protector of the land of the Nile.

Unfortunately for the young protagonist, the school at night is a dangerous place to be, full of ghosts, a murderous janitor, weird puzzles, and worst of all, schoolmates who are also in danger.

Hacker's Memory will put players in the shoes of protagonist Keisuke Amazawa, a young man falsely accused of a crime, who must team up with a band of hackers and enter the Digital World to investigate and clear his name.

In the trailer, we are introduced to Hugo Pennywort, who grew up with the game's protagonist from a young age.

Link is the hero and primary protagonist of Skyward Sword, starting off the game as a young, seventeen and a half years old [2] man living in Skyloft, who attends the Knight Academy.