Even his youthful romantic yearning to feel closer to his brothers, and his disappointment that they kept their distance and went their own ways, does not seem a momentous enough predicament to drive a narrative.
This atmosphere of politics as usual is not the only predictable aspect of the new democracy: theater here seems to be floundering for subjects and causes, a common enough predicament among nations with former totalitarian regimes.
Roger has died in bizarre circumstances while pursuing an obsession (a familiar enough predicament for a Coe character); hunting down the print of a short film, The Crystal Garden, that he remembers – or thinks he remembers – seeing on television as a child, in which a young boy comes across a magical walled garden filled with crystallised flowers and fountains.
Winnie tried to raise money to help her family by selling things on campus, but it wasn't enough," Calvin recalled her predicament.
Those not charmed by the wintry predicament were wise enough to stay out of sight.
Hannah's predicament is common enough in life, but it's not one you see often, if ever, on film.
She is belligerent, angry, pathetic, but intelligent enough to realise that her predicament is partly of her own making.
Still, Anna's character and predicament are compelling enough that the reader feels tremendous sympathy for her and for her creator.
Still, the irony of Ishikawa's current predicament has proven rich enough to draw renewed attention to Japan's wartime atomic bomb programs, which are not well known here.
As if Hollis's predicament didn't offer enough melodrama for one film, it is just a sidebar to the story of Gavin and Joe, who, with his wife, Shana Liv Tylerr), moves in next door.
