Either way, Loach's film positions itself in the middle of the eating-or-heating dilemma: the story of a fictional benefits claimant (whose situation Laverty has based on real-life research) called Daniel Blake, played with honesty and humanity by standup comic Dave Johns.
The fictional personage who benefitted from this the most was arguably Bartleby the Scrivener, Herman Melville's philosophically inactive eccentric.
In an interactive Obama campaign graphic, the fictional character "Julia" benefits from programs like Head Start, small-business subsidies and the new health care law.
The fictional Dave Manning never gained any benefit, whereas these real critics reap benefit from the junkets and other things studios do to get positive reviews.
The main benefit which a fictional approach to possible worlds offers is, of course, the advantage of using the language of possible worlds, without the stiff ontological cost of literal commitment to such worlds.
There are, to be sure, a few superficial similarities between these two fictional funnymen, both of whom benefit from the live-wire unpredictability that De Niro reliably brings to his best and worst material.
The survey contained a brief introductory description of the function, purpose, and potential societal benefits of a fictional biobank, as well as a description of 'blanket consent' as follows: "…you will let the biobank use your sample in any study done by researchers who use the biobank.
Unlike Ms. Paulus, the fictional Kinshasa Morton (Christine Campbell) actually has the benefit of the dead composer's opinions.
Voters are tired of these circus-like antics and reject these fictional stories and the clear efforts to benefit Hillary Clinton," said Jessica Ditto, Trump's deputy communications director.
Voters are tired of these circus-like antics and reject these fictional stories and the clear efforts to benefit Hillary Clinton".
