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#protagonist

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In most films - especially in regards to the protagonist - really from the get-go they set up some scenario that endears that character to the audience. Or imbues him with some nobility or heroism or something.


Joaquin Phoenix


#character #endears #especially #films #get-go

...there are books...which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.


John Green


#hazel #john-green #protagonist #the-fault-in-our-stars #advertising

Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel.


Leslie Fiedler


#between #books #calls #gray #gray area

Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring.


Cassandra Clare


#boring #heroes #heroines #inspire #like

It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety because a lot of people just don't like me and I don't think they would be interested in reading about me, even in the fictional context.


Christopher Darden


#assume #because #been #context #easier

But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.


David Baldacci


#protagonists

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman.


Ann Beattie


#character #complex #complex character #i #interesting

I originally had an idea about a family of people who were homeless, just traveling around without any solid roots or any home, who made their way around working wherever they could. I started it with them. The idea of Joe as a protagonist came along a little later.


Larry Brown


#along #any #around #came #could

People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.


Daniel Clowes


#likable #more #need #people #protagonist

'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible.


Ron Fournier


#best picture #competent #crafty #dark #films






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