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Though buck’s storyline is rich in plotting, it lacks substantial character development. The characters?? true emotions are only conveyed through the narrator, Lincoln, which is problematic because he does not and cannot speak for all the characters. One example of this problem is when Brett believes that he is satisfying both Lincoln’s and his wife’s greatest desires by having them sleep together. While Lincoln as narrator tells us afterwards that this was not the case, Mrs. Brett has no such opportunity. In fact, Lincoln’s voice excludes...
...quiet power. In an interview, Quaid noted that his Little League experience as a boy in Texas helped draw him to the role; and in any baseball movie, the lead actors’ comfort with the game goes a long way toward helping the audience buy into their characters?? fantasies. Quaid reportedly worked hard to capture Morris’ particular mound-tics and it shows; he looks like he could be a ballplayer, even an exceptionally talented...
Embedded messages about race and gender are arguably even more damaging. Harvard Medical School professor Carol Newberger argues in Monopoly that Beauty and the Beast implicitly encourages young girls to stay in abusive relationships. With the title characters?? relationship at times resembling domestic violence—she is isolated from her family and imprisoned—the film suggests to viewers that it is the job of the abused to, in Newberger’s words, “socialize and excuse” the abuser...
With the libretto in English, more attention shifts to the acting, but the cast is up to the challenge. They offer cleverly nuanced performances that energize the characters?? dialogue...
...understand the role of RNA in the transfer of genetic information from DNA to protein. Little background scientific knowledge is necessary: Watson essentially spoon-feeds all relevant information and intersperses these chunks with the arguably more engaging details of his personal life. A helpful “cast of characters?? section at the beginning of the book allows the reader to keep track of the many names Watson strews throughout his narrative...