Behn clearly imagines conditions in Africa, which she has never seen, to be somewhat like conditions at an elaborate European court, where power, convention, taboo and intrigue dictate the tragic outcome of romantic personal attachments, and the most worthwhile characters are the best-looking and the highest-born.
She finds Kit a worthwhile role model, she said, never mind her cost, a dizzying $84 (including the latest paperback, "Kit's Surprise: A Christmas Story"), which might seem at odds with the character's message of thriftiness.
It is strange, also, to think that I created Anita because I was at one time in love with X, and that while the sympathy I extended to my fictional character was worthwhile, the person who motivated it was arguably undeserving of the same.
"I tell you what, people like Steve Georganas make politics worthwhile, because you see true character and true commitment to community," Shorten said.
"We discovered that if you cut out elements of the show, you lose what makes it worthwhile as a series, the characters and the level of intimacy and detail that develops over six hours," Mr. Sherman said.
We have YA books about incest, conjoined twins and intersex characters – all wholly worthwhile stories – but something that affects hundreds of thousands of teenagers seems to have slipped through the net.
I've always considered that idea absurd, because the very quality that makes movies worthwhile is how they express the personality, the character, the ideas, the experiences of their makers.
It is going to take a remarkable character to achieve something worthwhile in the job; Howe has a better chance than most.
In particular, it appears to be worthwhile to examine exactly what the character of incongruity between cognitive and socials systems needs to be in order to facilitate assimilation and accommodation in both systems.
