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Stranger than Fiction Part 2
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Romance:
Protagonist – Raymond Novahugh
• Male, young, worldly focus, stereotypical college boy
• A “player” with no intention of falling in love, until he meets an
unremarkable college student named Joy and cannot stop thinking
about her
• Raymond: meaning protector; when he falls in love with Joy, he decides to protect and provide
for Joy
• Novahugh: nova meaning new, and hugh meaning heart, mind, and spirit; the name Nova
symbolizes the change of heart Raymond goes through, and Hugh shows the unity Raymond
finds after falling in love with Joy
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Antagonist – Tristan Williams
• Male, young, secretly in love with Joy, determined to have Joy no
matter what
• Has always loved Joy, and cannot stand that she is falling for
Raymond, so he sets out to make sure Joy cannot be with him
anymore
• Tristan: meaning sadness; because he is lonely and wants Joy to be with him
• Williams: meaning will or desire; if he had his way he would be with Joy rather than Raymond;
could also be related in that he is willing to do what it takes to have her
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Western:

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Protagonist – Emmerich Consus
• Male, late forties, farmer, cowboy
• Working hard daily to keep his land, fighting the bank and struggling with a bad year of crops
• Emmerich: means work or labor; as a farmer, Emmerich is in a constant struggle to produce and
assist life in developing, whether it be crops or livestock
• Consus : means to plant or sow
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Antagonist – Roderick Desislav
• Male, in his sixties, bank owner
• Consumed with the desire to shut down Emmerich’s
farm at any cost to himself
• Roderick: famous power; Roderick is well known
throughout the area, and has power over much of the
land and business in the town.
• Desislav: seek glory; Roderick is constantly trying to find ways to bring down Emmerich, and in
doing so, would glorify himself in his own mind
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Detective/Mystery:
Protagonist – Sheridan Bahman

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• Female, thirties, detective, clever, and street smart
• Continually seeks justice and sees the good in people no matter what; picks cases that involve
the underdog and extreme innocents
• Sheridan: searcher; Sheridan does everything within her power to solve her case, and seeks
resolution to issues that plague her
• Bahman: good mind; Sheridan is clever and sharp, and always thinking
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Antagonist – Najwa Senka
• Male, crime ring leader, cunning and evil
• Runs an international black market jewelry operation; Sheridan is his arch
enemy
• Najwa: secret, whisper; every dealing Najwa participates in is shady and
under the table, so secretive is a good description
• Senka: shadow; another poke at the point that Najwa hides his business
under the cover of dark
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Crime:
Protagonist – Justice Vytautas

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• Female, twenty five, rookie police officer, passionate and sometimes hasty
• Witnessed the murder of her father as a young girl, and is now thirsty for vengeance on all
criminals
• Justice: judge, officer of justice; as if predestined for her, Justice’s name means exactly what it
sounds like – fair treatment for all people
• Vytautas: chase, drive away; as part of her job, and her passion, Justice chases the “bad guys”
out of town or into prison
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Antagonist – Dougal Phobos
• Male, fifty, professional criminal, dangerous and invincible
• Murdered Justice’s father along with many other cops, and is now being hunted by Justive
herself
• Dougal: dark stranger; Although he wont do any of his own dirty work, Dougal ensures that his
jobs are done sneakily and without any indication of his involvement
• Phobos: fear, panic; Without any fear for anything himself,
Dougal strikes fear into the heart of his enemies when they
hear of his reputation
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Comedy:
Protagonist – Isaac Mallory
• Forgetful, fun loving, great dad, loves his family

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• Forgets his baby at the mall, so tries to return to retrieve him, but his car breaks down, he gets
lost walking on the subway, he can’t catch the right bus, etc.
• Isaac: he laughs; No matter the situation, Isaac can laugh it off and get through it because he can
make fun of himself and doesn’t get worked up.
• Mallory: unlucky; Exactly as the name means, Isaac is one of those accident prone people who
are always unlucky.
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Antagonist – Adva Stamatios
• ‘Blonde’, ambitious, easily enamored, sweet
• Has a crush on Isaac, even though he is married, and follows him everywhere (almost in a
stalker-ish manner) and prevents him from getting back to his son fast enough
• Adva: small wave, ripple; She doesn’t think she is causing much trouble for Isaac, but like a
ripple she does make a bump in his schedule; could also be that she
doesn’t have much effect on Isaac except for skewing his plans like a wave
skews your image in a lake
• Stamatios: stop; Adva definitely slows the process of getting Isaac’s son
back, whether she stops it or not
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Fantasy:
Protagonist – Bellatrix Alannah
• Female, warrior, sixteen, brave, headstrong

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• Lives in a society where the women are superior and are the warriors and the providers, she
must prove she is mature enough to join the rest of the women as warriors by slaying one of the
many dragons that live in the area
• Bellatrix: female warrior; Pretty much self explanatory, Bellatrix is a female warrior, a common
occupation of the women of her society
• Dagny: new day; This name symbolizes the changes that Bellatrix goes through, and her
transition from child to woman
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Antagonist – Akakios (evil) Ryuu (Dragon)
• Dragon, age unknown, devious, angry, spiteful to all humans
• Has lived in peace for many years, but becomes the target of Bellatrix after he
threatens the safety of her home
• Akakios: evil; Changes into a bad dragon after he feels he is being pushed
from his home and attacks the village that Bellatrix lives in
• Ryuu: dragon; The last name of all dragons of the realm because it means dragon in Japanese
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Tragedy :
Protagonist – Atlas Zedekiah
• Male, generally unemotional, family man, spiritual, completely loves
his wife and kids

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• Loses his entire family in an emotional house fire after the story follows them throughout a year
of trials
• Atlas: endure; Through all the terrible events in his life Atlas pushes on and doesn’t let things
keep him down forever
• Zedekiah: justice of YAHWEH; Atlas trusts God to bring justice to whoever caused him such pain
and loss
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Antagonist – Cináed Aiolos
• Lonely, angry, jealous of Atlas, wanting a family of his own
• Burned down Atlas’ house out of jealousy towards him and his happiness
• Cináed: born of fire; His actions toward Atlas are born of his hatred for people who have family
and love
• Aiolos: quick moving, nimble; Cináed is quick to jump to conclusions and to
jump into action whether it is necessary or not, and this leads to trouble
for others
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Historical Fiction:
Protagonist – Lady Phoebe Frideswide
• Sweet, innocent wife of Lord Frideswide, typical lady of the court

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• Faithfully serves her husband until she finds out he is being unfaithful, and then turns against
him and plots his demise
• Phoebe: pure; sweet, innocent, faithful, honest, loving, caring and quiet make Pheobe the
perfect wife
• Frideswide: strong, peace; Phoebe does not let her husband walk all over her when she finds out
he’s hiding things from her, and her strength pushes through the outer shell of societal
expectations
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Antagonist – Jezebel Terrel
• Female, temptress, beautiful, disrespectful towards authority and
relationships
• The other woman in this situation, she is having an affair with Lord
Frideswide, and has no notion that she might be hurting Phoebe
• Jezebel: not exalted, Biblical promiscuous woman with no morals; A
well known term, Jezebel is the best way to describe this woman who
completely disregards the sanctity of marriage and becomes the worst
nightmare of Lady Phoebe
• Terrel: pull; Jezebel has a pulling effect on Lord Frideswide, although Lord Frideswide had as
much to do with the whole problem, if not more.
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Superhero:
Protagonist – Captain Pontius Heron
• Brave, exciting, male, pirate, Robin-Hood-type character

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• Plunders other ships and pirate treasures and gives most of the money to those in need
• Pontius: of the sea; the Captain would rather be on the open sea than anywhere else in the
world, and that is where he can do his best work
• Heron: hero; Pontius is a hero to those he gives his time, money and effort to and he lives up to
his name
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Antagonist – Judas Fallon
• Male, young, impressionable, officer of the local police, misled to hate
Pontius
• Life goal is to bring down Pontius and bring him to justice, even though
Pontius’ motives are pure
• Judas: famous Biblical betrayer of Jesus; Judas betrays the cause he works
for by trying to shut down Pontius and stop the illegal acts he does which
actually help the greater good
• Fallon: leader; This is meant to represent Judas’ authoritative position and his place as an
example to his community
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Adventure:
Protagonist – Asha Felix
• Female, climbing Everest, over ambitious, loves the
outdoors

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• Her goal is to conquer Everest after her father perished while on the mountain
• Asha: wish, desire, hope; All Asha has ever wanted to do is make it to the summit of Mount
Everest, and now that she has done the best she can to prepare for such a trip, she can only
hope that she will make it to the top before her competition does.
• Felix: lucky, successful; Asha has the right attitude and disposition to be successful in anything
she does, and this angers Zhong more and more
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Antagonist – Zhong Masaru
• Jealous, female, hates Asha, need to win
• Is only interested in climbing Everest to beat Asha, her
enemy since childhood, because she always feels that Asha has something over her
• Zhong: middle; Zhong is driven by the amount of attention she can receive for her deeds, and
she enjoys being in the middle of any situation
• Masaru: victory; Zhong craves victory and is desperate to do anything she can to overshadow
Asha.
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