The tireless and fearless April Kidwell, in the Elizabeth Berkley role, is a wonder: Her vibrant physicality and knowing humor inadvertently constitute a welcome riposte to the story's mockery of its protagonist (1 30).
The tireless and fearless April Kidwell, however, in the Elizabeth Berkley role, is a wonder: Her vibrant physicality and knowing humor inadvertently constitute a welcome riposte to the story's mockery of its protagonist (1 30).
For Smith's protagonist, 17-year-old Hadley Sullivan, that unexpected moment occurs at Kennedy Airport in New York.
"Gold Medal Summer" more successfully reflects the competitive gymnast's spunk, thanks to Donna Freitas's flashier style and relatable protagonist, 13-year-old Joey Jordan.
As a child given to reading on window seats, I was supremely lucky to come across Jane Eyre at the age of the protagonist: 10 when the novel begins.
His protagonist, 16-year-old Elvis Oke, scrapes together a living in the city by applying talcum powder, putting on a wig and impersonating his famous namesake.
Maddy, when first glimpsed, is waving a shotgun and chasing the troubled young protagonist, 12-year-old James Neubauer Trevor Morgann) off her property in the middle of the night.
Judging from the account of the novel's Australian protagonist, 26-year-old Cass, the symptoms include a rash of adjectives and a burdensome ability to think in similes.
The protagonist, 22-year-old Jennifer Marcus (Seema Sueko), is neurotic, agoraphobic and wildly brilliant; she spends her days and nights shut up in her bedroom secretly perfecting missile technology for the military.
The fantastical tale of an endearingly dim-witted 24ft-tall giant with enormous ears who carries our protagonist – 10-year-old Sophie – off to Giant Country, is a perfect fit for Spielberg, who returns to family entertainment, a genre in which he has always enjoyed success.
The novel's chief protagonist, 23-year-old Bucky Cantor, an athletic young man declared unfit for military service due to his poor eyesight, agonises about the appalling fates that await the victims: he's a playground director, God-like in the eyes of his young charges, a source of unimpeachable rectitude and kindness.
