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Analyzing The Protagonist Character In 'The Sniper'

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Protagonist characters are the main characters, that create the action, and cause the trouble. Even though there can be multiple different stories all of the strong characters in the story are linked together in similar characteristics. When you read a story you can tell the difference between strong and weak characters. Strong protagonist characters are the heros of the story they are motivated, strong, and helpful

The protagonist in the story Thank you ma’am is Miss Luella Bates Washington Jones. She is very helpful to a boy who tried to steal her pocketbook in her purse, his name was Roger. Miss Luella Bates Washington Jones didn’t only clean up Roger, but fed him and got him shoes. “You don’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes...you could’ve asked me”(112) She also didn’t yell at him, she told Roger nicely what he should’ve done, and she got Roger the shoes he wanted. Being helpful is one characters of a protagonist character, and miss Luella Bates Washington Jones is the protagonist character in the story.

In the story The Cast of Armadillo the protagonist character is Montresor, and he is motivated to kill Fortunato. Montresor is an evil person, and he has extreme desire to get revenge. Montresor didn’t only kill …show more content…

The protagonist in the story does not have a name, but it is a soldier in battle, and he is very strong. During this time period in the story your own family on the battlefield could be on the other side. The sniper as a protagonist has to be strong, “He ground his teeth to overcome the pain... He broke the neck of the iodine bottle and let the bitter fluid drip into the wound... pain swept through him”. The sniper is strong because a lot of people could not have done that, get shot and fix it by yourself. Protagonist characters have to be strong, because they face difficult things and have to overcome

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