Sentence examples for isolated characters from inspiring English sources

Mavis Gallant's stories depict isolated characters whose fragile worlds of illusion are shattered (The Selected Stories of Mavis Gallant, 1996).

In both instances the sputtering war drawing to a close in the world outside becomes something more personal within the odd, artificial community of these isolated characters.

Mr. Carrey had just surged to stardom, playing innocent, lovably juvenile, socially isolated characters in a series of hugely successful comedies that included "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "The Mask" and "Dumb & Dumber".

Whereas Carver's stories focus on the difficulties of emotional connection and tend to feature isolated characters living in a present quite divorced from conventional social and political concerns, Mr. Englander's people define themselves largely through their embrace — or rejection — of Jewish orthodoxy and tradition.

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Each turns on a tragically isolated character whose story is partly expressed through the extremes visited on his or her bleeding, battered and palpably vulnerable body.

The Paris-born Martin moved to Japan with her parents when she was seven, spending six years there before returning to France, which helped her tap into Louise's isolated character.

Readers of Brockmeier's previous novels and stories — particularly "The Brief History of the Dead," from 2006 — will be familiar with his talent for dramatizing the struggles of an isolated character.

In contrast to Newman's idea of Quatermass as the embodiment of humanity, writer and lecturer Peter Hutchings in his essay "We are the Martians" sees Quatermass as an isolated character.

It divorces metaphor from life and isolates characters from one another.