protagonist
Example Sentences
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Especially moving in “Neptune’s Fortune” is the insight and empathy Mr. Sancton brings to his consideration of the book’s bedeviled but oddly gallant protagonist.
Another issue is that there is no protagonist.
From Los Angeles Times
“Now, I completely know what it means. Waldo, this protagonist, her voice — I was waking up in the middle of the night thinking of this character.”
From Los Angeles Times
DaCosta says Jimmy Ink guides protagonist Spike's survival, while "occupying the story's moral centre".
From BBC
The protagonists tend to blur a bit, their collective hopes and dreams proving more compelling than any specific thread.
From Los Angeles Times
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