A yellow bird sat in the birdbath cleaning its feathers. It was enjoying the cool water on a hot day. The bird was unaware of a
black cat slowly moving through the tall grass. The cat slinked closer and closer to the birdbath until it was just inches away. The cat jumped three feet in the air to pounce on the bird, but it flew out of the water with a splash. The cat had barely missed the bird. Despite its efforts, the cat was left only with a single yellow feather. Which type of character is the cat?
In this short story, where the bird is the main character, the cat is <em>the antagonist.</em>
Explanation:
<u>The antagonist in a story is the character that opposes the main character</u> -protagonist. In this case, the story is based in a situation lived by the bird and the cat is the "<em>enemy</em>", the "<em>villain</em>", the character that opposes the bird, the one that is trying to catch it.
He was arrested and sent to jail because he was protesting, the treatment of blacks in Alabama. The charges were dropped for sit-in arrest but is held for violating probation for earlier traffic offense and transferred to Reidsville State Prison.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Commencement Speech to the American University... From my poetry and years before when I began writing stories as a kid in little notebooks. ... And spellings, which means the text messages don't count. ... When you've been immersed in reading here at the AU for the last few years.
