The writer clearly intends his readers to identify with the main character.

作者显然想使读者能与主人公产生共鸣。

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The main character is a journalist in flight from a failed marriage.

主角是一个逃避失败婚姻的记者。

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The main character in "The Imperfectionists" by Tom Rachman is a failing English language newspaper published in Rome,Italy.

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Starbuck This was the main character known as "Starbuck," who got transformed into a woman in the more recent one, a sort of example of how portrayals are shifting in interesting ways.

这个是主角，被称为“,最近拍的那部，把这个角色变成了女人，这个例子就能有趣地说明媒体的描绘,总是变来变去的。

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He is a main character in the movie.

虽然在影片中他是主角。

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Maya, the fictional main character in the game Get Water, has bigger problems.

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How can you be writing something original if your main character was invented by another writer?

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The central idea is that when reading a story, you replace yourself as the main character.

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