William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski are the lead protagonists in the Kane and Abel series of novels by world-renowned British author Jeffrey Archer. The first novel in which Kane and Abel made an appearance was the 1979 published title Kane and Abel, which went ton to achieve international popularity. The novels in the series are best classified as mystery thrillers.
When we are first introduced to the two protagonists, they are disparate men from very different worlds. Apart from being born on the same day in 1906 and their shared passion for success at any cost, they have nothing in common. Abel Rosnovski is a Polish immigrant that comes from a family of great poverty while William Lowell Kane comes from a powerful and wealthy Brahmin
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Brought together by the quest for a dream in the United States, the two powerful and ambitious men are in a constant struggle to build an empire driven by a fierce competitive spirit. The novel takes place over 60 decades pitting Abel and Kane through disaster, fortune, and marriage in a battle that only one-man can win.
Jeffrey Archer develops the two men throughout their childhood, teenage years all through to their adult years. It tells how the important happenings in history such as the history of the two World Wars from Europe to America. In a novel that defies the demarcations between genres by being both a contemporary mystery and historical fiction. Jeffrey tells a thrilling narrative that is testament to his excellent story telling skills, which have made him one of the most preeminent writers in the world.
KANE AND ABEL BOOKS INTO TV/MOVIES:
Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer’s debut and most popular novel to date, was made into a seven hour three part miniseries in 1985. The mini-series produced by CBS was filmed in Canada, France and England and aired between November 17 and 19 and starred Peter Strauss as Abel Rosnovski and Sam Neil as William Lowell
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The lead characters in the series are Richard Kane and Florentyna Rosnovski. Rosnovski is Abel’s daughter and a Polish immigrant, who just like her father has a dream for a better future, and a belief in human ideals such as equality and opportunity for all, which the United States promises. Richard Kane was born the son of a banking magnate and as such, he has enjoyed utmost luxury for most of his childhood and adult life. Nonetheless, he is a handsome and successful man in his own right who is determined to expand his horizons and build a future with a special woman. But a blood feud fueled by deception and betrayal through the generations reaches out from the past, threatening to destroy all that Richard and Florentyna have worked
The protagonists are Rudi Kaplan; a Jewish Christian with a Swedish appearance as his mother was Swedish. Jakob Kaplan, Rudi’s father, who was faithful, kind and very helpful in many ways. Rudi’s best friend, Salek Serdusek, his father, Eryk, and Salek’s mother, Sara were the Kaplans closes friends. Ingrid, was a little girl that doesn’t speak, and who Rudi named after his mother. There’s also Oscar, a resistance fighter who was brave, slightly prideful and warm-hearted. The last few protagonists are the Kaminsky family, who lived in an apartment building, below the Kaplans, Anna, who is patient, brave and hygienic, and Josef. The two main antagonists are Frank and Mende who are both German soldiers.
Both stories feature a father figure who creates the action and attempts to play God.
At the base of most stories is conflict; the protagonist verses the antagonist. This conflict is what works to drive the plot and contributes to the climax and resolutions of a story. The conflicts of a story are not always obvious and most times there are multiple conflicts within a single story. This case is no different for Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar Wideman. Wideman’s work is memoir that focuses on a comparison between himself and his brother that works to understand how each one of them ended up where they did in life. With in this work by Wideman there exist numerous conflicts, protagonists, and antagonists. One of the main conflicts that occur throughout the novel is between Robby (the protagonist) and Institutions (the antagonist). (Abbott 55).
In order to understand what changes happen to twist the views of the 2 main characters in both novels, it is important to see the outlook of the two at the beginning of the novels in comparison ...
Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen, known informally as the Coen Brothers, are American film directors, screenwriters, producers, and editors. They have directed over 15 films together that are often characterized as being "genre-bending", having covered many genres, including comedy, crime, the Western, horror, thriller, gangster, drama, romance, adventure and features of neo-noir.
Though the similarities in the most obvious conflicts, those between Anderton and Kaplan, the protagonist and antagonist, and fate remain intact, it is obvious that Philip Dick's story has been expanded upon and the main characters made to fit the "big screen". Both stories, however, address the contradictions and repercussions of trying to encourage free will and safety in an ultimately predetermined setting, the basic moral conflict of destroying what is meant to represent a utopian security, as well as the issue of trading freedom for protection.
...ave brings them out of their protective and secluded shells. In both stories the theme of oppression, one mental the other physical, resulting in a victory, one internal the other external, prove that with determination and a belief in a higher power you can survive any situation.
William Golding illustrates World War II through young boys in this novel. Technology is one of the major destructors of a civilization. Jealousy is another destructor that ruins the good nature between men and brings out the beast from within. The author has chosen to show the evil in man though young boys to allow the world to understand how unethical the war was. The symbols, character, and setting are shown to correlate with the outside world. The novel just reinforces the idea of the savage within each and every human being.
of war through the eyes of the main character, Henry Fleming. Because the book is rather
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This is an odd little book, but a very important one nonetheless. The story it tells is something like an extended parablethe style is plain, the characters are nearly stick figures, the story itself is contrived. And yet ... and yet, the story is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking because the historical trend it describes is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking.
Compare /Contrast and describe the changes, if any, that occur with Victor as a result of this encounter with Thomas (“This is what it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona”) and with the narrator of Carver’s “Cathedral and “Robert—the blind man.” When discussing “Cathedral,” please don’t forget to talk about the narrator’s wife, as she is crucial to the story. Consider: How does one character teach the other, and what does one learn from the other? How storytelling/art forms important in each work? How do disabilities (real or metaphorical), loss of identity, and alienation figure into each story? Marshal quotes from texts as necessary.
end. This essay will further show how both stories shared similar endings, while at the same time
Mystic River is a crime novel went straight to the bestseller lists on 2001 written by Dennis Lehane. The reproducing film Mystic River by Clint Eastwood also won countless Awards. As Lehane points out in his interview with Linda Richards: “ 50 percent of the reviews has said this is not simply a crime novel.” Which obviously pleased him. The psyches and nature of human are the most fascinating parts in his novel. In the story Dave Boyle was abducted as a child and being molested. He lives under struggle and shadow for his entire life. When his childhood friends Jimmy’s daughter being murdered, he became the prime suspect. But who really is the murderer? Dennis Lehane makes this cliffhang the cadenza in his story. Dave Boyle is no doubt the central character in Mystic River. Dennis Lehane gives Dave Boyle a really complex life story and an unpredictable personality, but Clint Eastwood simplifies this character, which also simplifies the plot, making the movie less complete.
This sensational novel is an adventure novel consisting of an enterprising Englishman touring the globe. Woven within are historical facts, such as the British Empire and colonies around the globe, as well as historically accurate locations.