4. Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household If The Thirty-Nine Steps showed the plight of an ordinary man caught up in extraordinary circumstances, Household's classic 1939 thriller updated the formula by making the hero a trained killer.
As for the much-maligned Tess, I think Thomas Hardy tied himself in knots trying to show the plight of a poor Victorian woman while also making her feisty enough to be interesting.
"Foley went to Syria to show the plight of the Syrian people, to bear witness to their fight, and in so doing to fight for press freedom," Sandra Mims Rowe, the group's chair, said in a statement.
She said she wanted to show the plight of those who were forced to work for the Nazis.
Great documentaries like Grey Gardens and Nanook of the North show the plight, perseverance and soul of their subjects.
My husband is a good and honest man who went to Syria to show the plight of those who suffer," she said.
"My husband is a good and honest man who went to Syria to show the plight of those who suffer," Goto's wife, Rinko, said in a statement released on Thursday.
Once the valedictorian of her university, Lelaina (Winona Ryder) ends up working at a local fast-food joint and engaging in dramatic and unfulfilling relationships, while her friends encounter HIV-scares, unemployment and family deaths -- showing the plight of the educated 20-something before "Girls" made it so hip.
In her attempt to show the plight of the indigenous people of Tuvalu, the first nation reportedly scheduled to be under water by 2050, her camera becomes infatuated by the sun, sea and the island's blissful inhabitants - painting such an idyllic picture that one almost feels a pang of schadenfreude at their imminent demise.
Reggae Britannia also shows us the plight of West Indian children who found themselves out of place in 1960s Britain, unrepresented in their schooling.
