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...academy is not really a school but a huge con to kidnap and destroy young men. The story asks pertinent questions about the threatening allure of the military: the strength of character it builds despite the dominance of the institution over the individual. These questions are juxtaposed against the protagonist??s ephemeral awareness of the countryside—the color of the fields and the voice of a nightingale.Besides their immediate relevance and their showcasing of some of Wolff’s most gorgeous imagery to date—the rain falling outside of the pancake house...
...point, the protagonist even stays behind in a zombie-infested hospital because he has to recharge his camera. This extreme statement about the character’s priorities is offset by more subtle touches. Throughout the first half of the movie, for example, the filming protagonist??s face is kept in the shadows, effectively reducing his existence to little more than the lens of his camera. But “Diary of the Dead” is not without flaws. Despite the vérité style of filmmaking, it is difficult to believe in these characters...
...knowledge of her world, which consisted of information gleaned from personal observation, stories heard from friends, and impressions from the media. “The Zookeeper’s Wife” is a sweet and lovely book with both a fascinating story and a fascinating protagonist??when Ackerman actually chooses to write about them. It’s nice that Ackerman is able to evoke such sympathy for the victimized animals that populate her story, but it would have been even nicer if she had given a bit more consideration to the human refugees who shared their...
Ultimately, he hired Barzelay to develop a “soundtrack to Hal” that reflected the main protagonist??s confused, angst-ridden life in its ensemble of instruments—which included the accordion, cello, and banjo...
...prefatory “Note to the Reader,” the unnamed protagonist??ostensibly the author of Elizabeth Kostova’s debut novel “The Historian”—indulges in a moment of metanarration...