Word: successful
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...have the castle, the king and the queen. We have the princess who doesn't fit into her role, who pretends to an identity of her own, who steps out of line. We have a sort of conflict, a sort of quest, and eventually our princes resolves to achieve 'success,' which is defined as eventually assuming the same as that of her father. Throughout the book, characters remain confined in their predetermined roles; they are kept at a distance from the reader, never moving outside of their predictable orbits. Even our protagonist only goes through of the motions of change...
...from his cabin. Schulman attempts to use Jonah as a sort a of underpinning for this section of the novel, bringing Jane, Keefer and Jonah together again and again as a sort of touchpoint by which we can measure Jane's change. As Jane slowly decides on success, she becomes able to face her fear of Jonah, and as Keefer sinks into depression and loneliness, he loses touch with fear altogether. Both Jane and Keefer eventually swim with Jonah, Jane falling into the pen accidentally one night and Keefer swimming and wrestling with the shark, finding freedom with his captive...
Other groups have attempted to cash in on the Boy's success. 'N Sync and Take Five might look good in some low-riding jeans and a sweater with a stripe across the chest; they, too, might be able to sing along with a keyboard and a drum machine. But do they have the spark of true genius? Can they look into 12 cameras like they were looking into your eyes alone and promise never, never to break your heart and somehow, over all those miles of television cables, actually mean it? Do you know that they will someday come...
...foray into the national political scene has, quite obviously, been merely a by-product of her marriage. And, she has hadn't even used that happy coincidence to particularly impressive effect. Granted, she has championed a few pet causes, but certainly with no greater success than previous First Ladies and certainly with much grander failure. It seems that her only accomplishment of note has been her ability to endure Bill's chronic infidelity. Why is this praiseworthy...
Ultimately, no new ground is really broken byJawbreaker. It's not a terrible movie, butits frankness, blunt honesty and morbid subjectmatter render it a movie for those with strongstomachs and an even darker sense of humor. Itsone triumph is its success in pinpointing the oneuniversal truth of high school. Forget Satan andall of his minions; the embodiment of pure evil inhigh school wears dark lipstick and miniskirts...