He called it "a vintage Wells story – you have a supernatural event, characters with two schools of thought on the event, [and] the literary type versus the scientist.
Spend some time reflecting on important events, character relationships, characters, and what the characters said.
They knew about particular events, characters and periods, but did not have an overview.
Michelle Segre's elaborate stream-of-consciousness drawings unroll like delicate Chinese scrolls, loaded with events, characters, places and patterns.
As well as the influence of popular events, characters from TV and film often register as highlights in the annual lists of baby names.
With its descriptions of places and events, characters of contemporaries, and many reports of sermons, it bears witness to more than 50 years of English life and, as such, is of great historical value.
The steepest declines were in "reading for literary experience" — the kind that involves "exploring themes, events, characters, settings, and the language of literary works," in the words of the department's test-makers.
In language arts, the report card assesses 39 skills, including whether a child "develops ideas about events, characters and settings" and "uses various strategies for understanding and conveying meaning".
Mr. Weitz crams so many events, characters (computer-generated and otherwise), twists and turns, sumptuously appointed rooms and ethereally strange vistas into his film that he risks losing you in the whirl.
