Question: One day, Jack told his friend. Tom , that he loved a very beautiful girl with charming eyes and long hair, and that he wanted to marry her. Tom was so happy to hear the news and asked Jack to lead him to her. However, Tom loved her at first sight, He then told Jack, "This girl is not suitable for you. She deserves a handsome man like me." Jack was astonished and struggled with Tom until they went to the police to solve the problem.

They told the policeman their story. The policeman asked them to bring the girl to his office.

However, when the policeman saw her, he became taken with her and said, "This girl is not suitable for you two. She deserves someone with a status like me." The three men struggled with each other and then went to the king.

The king asked them to bring him the girl. When the king saw the girl, he said, "Oh, the girl should marry a king like me." They all argued with each other.

Then the girl said, "I have a solution. I'm going to run and you'll run after me. I'll be the wife to the one who catches me first." The four men all agreed and ran after her. While running after her, they suddenly fell into a deep hole. From the top, the girl looked at them and said, "Now, let me tell you who I am."

"I'm Reputation--I'm the one all people run after. They compete against each other to get me . They leave principles aside to seek for me, and they are sure to fall like you !" 1. Who was Jack's friend?
2. What did he tell him?
3. How much?
4. Was he happy?
5. Did he say anything back?
6. what?
7. What happened when they got to her?
8. Did they fight over her?
9. what happened next?
10. What did he do?
11. Did they take her?
12. What did the officer do?
13. Did they go together?
14. What did he do?
15. Were they angry?
16. What did they all do about it?
17. What did he do?
18. did they?
19. What did she do?
20. What was it?
21. Did they?
22. Who was she? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Tom
2. he loved a girl
3. to marry her.
4. yes
5. yes
6. to lead him to her.
7. he loved her
8. yes
9. They told the policeman
10. asked them to bring the girl
11. yes
12. he became taken with her
13. no
14. said, "This girl is not suitable for you two.
15. yes
16. struggled and then went to the king.
17. asked them to bring the girl
18. yes
19. she said she had a solution.
20. to run after her.
21. yes
22. A Reputation

Question: Tom Hanks ranks as one of Hollywood's most popular actors. Moviegoers eagerly anticipate in the opening of his new pictures. If you're a Hank fan, you don't have to wait much longer. Hank's newest film, Cast Away, opens this winter.

Tom Hanks plays Chunk Noland, a FedEx executive who lives by the clock. He carefully plans every minute of both his professional and personal time. But on his way home for the holidays, the small plane he's in crashes in the Pacific Ocean. Only Noland survives. He ends up alone on a tropical island and begins a battle for survival. In the process, his view of success and life itself change dramatically .

This role may be the most physically-challenging of Hank's career. The actor lost 53 pounds for the part. Director Robert Zemeckis shot the first section of the film with Hanks weighing more than 225 pounds. The filming took a break for a year while Hanks lost weight. To take off the pounds, Hanks ate little and exercised a lot.

The movie may surprise some of Hank's fans. It's not an upbeat comedy like Sleepless in Seattle or You're Got Mail. In fact, Hanks spends a large part of the movie not speaking. After all, who is there to talk to when you're alone on an island? 1. Who was Chunk Noland?
2. What movie is he from?
3. Who is he played by?
4. What did Hanks have to do for the role?
5. How much?
6. What did he weigh at the beginning?
7. How did he drop the weight?
8. Why would this film be unique to fans?
9. How come?
10. What happens on Noland's flight home?
11. Where?
12. Where does he end up?
13. How many others survived?
14. What personal views of Noland's are changed?
15. What is said about the physical demands of this film?
16. Who directed the film?
17. How long did it take for Hanks to lose the weight?
18. Does he talk a lot for this movie?
19. Why not?
20. When does the movie premiere? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. a FedEx executive
2. Cast Away
3. Tom Hanks
4. Lose weight
5. 53 pounds
6. more than 225 pounds
7. Hanks ate little and exercised a lot.
8. It's not an upbeat comedy
9. It's about a battle for survival.
10. the small plane he's in crashes
11. in the Pacific Ocean
12. on a tropical island
13. No one else survives
14. his view of success and life itself change dramatically .
15. This role may be the most physically-challenging of Hank's career.
16. Robert Zemeckis
17. a year
18. No
19. He's alone on an island
20. this winter

Question: A protagonist () is the main character in any story, such as a literary work or drama.

The protagonist is at the center of the story, makes the key decisions, and experiences the consequences of those decisions. The protagonist affects the main characters' circumstances as well, as they are often the primary actor propelling the story forward. If a story contains a subplot, or is a narrative made up of several stories, then the character who is interpreted as the protagonist of each subplot or individual story.

The word "protagonist" is used notably in stories and forms of literature and culture that contain stories, which would include dramas, novels, operas and films. In those forms the protagonist may simply be the leading actor, or the principal character in the story. More formally, the protagonist, while still defined as a leading character, may also be defined as the character whose fate is most closely followed by the reader or audience, and who is opposed by the antagonist. The antagonist will provide obstacles and complications and create conflict that test the protagonist, thus revealing the strengths and weaknesses of their character.

The earliest known examples of protagonist are dated back to Ancient Greece. At first dramatic performances involved merely dancing and recitation by the chorus. But then in "Poetics", Aristotle describes how a poet named Thespis introduced the idea of having one actor step out and engage in a dialogue with the chorus. This invention of tragedy occurred about 536 B.C. Then the poet Aeschylus, in his plays, introduced a second actor, inventing the idea of dialogue between two characters. Sophocles then wrote plays that required a third actor. 1. what is a protagonist
2. who does it affect
3. how far back do protagonists go
4. who came up with the idea of having a main character out of the chorus
5. who reveals strength and weaknesses of protagonist
6. what does he provide
7. what year did this occur in Greece
8. who introduced the second actor
9. who introduced the third
10. what kind of "stories" include a protagonist Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. main character
2. main characters
3. Ancient Greece
4. Aristotle
5. The antagonist
6. obstacles
7. unknown
8. Aeschylus
9. Sophocles
10. dramas