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While easily intimidated by the cruelty of others, the chaplain is a kind, gentle and sensitive man who worries constantly about his wife and children at home. He is the only character in the book Yossarian truly trusts, and the novel opens with: It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Matched, by Ally Condie, is the first novel in the Matched trilogy. The novel is a dystopian young adult novel about a tightly controlled society in which young people are "matched" with their life partners at the age of 17. The main character is 18-year-old Cassia Reyes, who is Matched with her best friend, Xander Carrow.
Clueless is a loose adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma, and many of its characters have counterparts in the novel. [42] [43] [44] Cher Horowitz/Emma Woodhouse: Cher is representative of the main character Emma Woodhouse. Spunky, carefree, entitled, perpetually single, and matchmaker extraordinaire, both Cher and Emma enjoy the ...
Pamela was the first popular novel to be based on a courtship as told from the perspective of the heroine. Unlike many of the novels of the time, Pamela had a happy ending, when after Mr. B attempts unsuccessfully to seduce and rape Pamela multiple times, he eventually rewards her virtue by sincerely proposing an equitable marriage to her. [55]
Marilyn Monroe was introduced to husband number two by an unlikely matchmaker – an "I Love Lucy" star. The 25-year-old was dining out with her agent, Norman Brokaw, when William Frawley, who ...
The characters and original cast of The Matchmaker are recorded at the Internet Broadway Database. [3] Horace Vandergelder, a Merchant of Yonkers – Loring Smith; Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi, a Friend of Vandergelder's Late Wife – Ruth Gordon; Irene Molloy, a Milliner – Eileen Herlie; Minnie Fay, Mrs. Molloy's Assistant – Rosamund Greenwood
The title is a phrase from George Orwell's novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936). [citation needed] Love in a Cold Climate is a companion volume to The Pursuit of Love. The time frame of Love in a Cold Climate is the same as The Pursuit of Love, but the focus is on a different set of characters. Fanny remains the fictional narrator.