\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.48 cm} x{5.52 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{the occupants of memory}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "The occupants of memory have to be protected from strangers." \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{speaker/spoken} to & narrator/the reader \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} where? & no specific location \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} when? & part one, chapter one \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} what is happening? & the narrator is describing the archivist's first ventures into Robert's history. in this particular paragraph he is depicting the responses of those that knew Robert when asked about him. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 7) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{impact on character/plot?} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{importance?} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.4 cm} x{5.6 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{where was the world he had known?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "Where, in this dark, was the world he had known? And where was he being taken to so fast there wasn't even time to stop?" \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{speaker/spoken} to & narrator/the reader \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} where? & Robert is on a train going to Regina \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} when? & part one, chapter 18 \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{what is happening?} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{impact on character/plot?} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{importance?} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{i am ashamed to be alive.}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "But that night - surrounded by all that dark - and all those men in pain - and the trains kept bringing us more and more and more - and the war was never, never, never going to end - that night, I thought: I am ashamed to be alive. I am ashamed of life. And I wanted to offer some way out of life - I wanted grace for Robert Ross". \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 14) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} speaker/spoken to & marian turner/the archivist \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} where? & in ms. turner's apartment \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} when? & part five, chapter 14 \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} what is happening? & the archivist is interviewing Ms. Turner as she recounts her time as Robert's nurse in the hospital. Robert is suffering from grave injuries and is in constant pain. feeling an immense amount of guilt and grief from the events of the war, Ms. Turner describes how she wanted to give Robert at least a painless death as a way out of the horror of living at the time. \tn % Row Count 35 (+ 16) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{i am ashamed to be alive. (cont)}} \tn % Row 5 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} impact on \seqsplit{character/plot?} & Ms. Turner describes how hopeless she felt about the war. To live in a society that had devalued the significant of a human life to the extent that was reached during WWI was shameful to Ms. Turner. though she did not know Robert very well, she still wished to give him solace from the horrible world that he lived in currently. by this point of the novel, Robert's sanity has taken a steep decline and he has gone as far to even kill innocent soldiers and officers. yet, Marian still sees him as someone who deserves grace. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 22) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{white} importance? & WWI lasted much longer than people anticipated it to. the number of soldiers who died only continued to rise with every passing day of the war, causing people to lose hope and faith in humanity; Marian was no exception. looking at the state of the soldiers and witnessing the immense pain they have to endure is a gruesome sight for Marian, who becomes ashamed of life itself and the world she has to live in. \tn % Row Count 40 (+ 18) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.88 cm} x{7.12 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{there cannot be a war.}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "Robert saw a small white farm with a cow in the yard and he thought: there cannot be a war." \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{speaker/spoken to} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{where?} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{when?} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{what is happening?} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{impact on character/plot?} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{importance?} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.88 cm} x{7.12 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{this was not an act of anger}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "Robert sat on the mutilated mattress and opened his kit bag. Everything was there - including the picture of Rowena. Robert burned it in the middle of the floor. This was not an act of anger - but an act of charity." \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{speaker/spoken to} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{where?} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{when?} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{what is happening?} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{impact on character/plot?} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{importance?} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.88 cm} x{7.12 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{he was a hero.}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & (He) was a hero. He's already been to France – wounded and returned to Canada…He had also been a Varsity all-round athlete. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{speaker/spoken to} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{where?} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{when?} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{what is happening?} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{impact on character/plot?} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{importance?} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{the german lowered the binoculars.}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "The German - who was lying down at the very edge of the crater - lowered the binoculars." \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} speaker/spoken to & narrator/the reader \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} where? & the crater that Robert and the other soldiers fall into \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} when? & part 3, 1 p.m. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} what is happening? & after waking up in the crater, Robert spots a German soldier near the top. he orders his men to stay still and be cautious, but the German makes no move to harm anyone. Robert identifies the soldier to be around 18 years old. after slowly moving out of the crater with his men, the German has still made no hostile intentions towards them. Robert kills him. \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 15) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} impact on \seqsplit{character/plot?} & Robert robs an 18 year old of his life. the note of the German's age is significant because it shows that the soldier was around Robert's age, creating a similarity between the two characters. though Robert kills the German with intentions of protecting his own men, he has still taken the life of someone who had no hostile intent towards him. this displays how Robert's innocence has disappeared. \tn % Row Count 42 (+ 17) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{the german lowered the binoculars. (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} importance? & in addition to the importance of this scene on Robert's character, it also ties back into the symbolism of animals and the theme of nature in the novel. the German soldier chooses not to harm Robert and his men because there is a bird singing. that is, the German chooses the beauty of nature over taking someone else's life. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 14) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.4 cm} x{5.6 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{ross was no hitler}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "Robert Ross was no Hitler. That was his problem." \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{speaker/spoken} to & mariam turner to the archivist \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{where?} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{when?} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{what is happening?} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{impact on character/plot?} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{importance?} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{he fired. a chair fell over in his mind.}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "He fired. A chair fell over in his mind. He closed his eyes and opened them." \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} speaker/spoken to & narrator/the reader \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} where? & s.s. massanabie \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} when? & part one, chapter 27 \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} what is happening? & robert is in charge of killing a horse with a broken leg to put it out of its misery. however, the act of taking a living thing's life is terrifying to him (at this point in the novel) and he struggles to go through with it. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 10) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} impact on \seqsplit{character/plot?} & the killing of the horse reminds Robert of Rowena and her death. Rowena's death was accompanied by the killing of her rabbits, causing Robert to associate trauma related to Rowena to the death of animals, hence why being forced to kill a horse causes him to remember Rowena in the moment. \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 12) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{he fired. a chair fell over in his mind. (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} importance? & this is the first time in the novel that Robert is forced to take a life. his staggering hesitation shows how unaccustomed Robert is to the workings of war and violence so far, but this is subject to change as the novel continues. slowly, Robert becomes more numb to taking lives, but this is not the case yet. the death of non-human animals in particular is impactful to Robert due to his association between animals and Rowena. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 18) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{do you think we will ever be forgiven?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "Someone once said to Clive: do you think we will ever be forgiven for what we've done? They meant their generation and the war and what the war had done to civilization. Clive said something I've never forgotten. He said: I doubt we'll ever be forgiven. All I hope is - they'll remember we were human beings". \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 13) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} speaker/spoken to & juliet d'orsey/the archivist \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} where? & interview takes place at d'orsey's apartment \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{when?} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} what is happening? & this paragraph closes part four, which mainly consisted of Juliet's account of St. Aubyn's when she was 12. \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 5) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} impact on \seqsplit{character/plot?} & Robert slowly loses his faith in humanity and the humanity in himself as the novel progresses. while Robert refused to take the life of even a small rabbit towards the beginning of the book, he later takes the lives of innocent soldiers later on. yet, Robert is still a very human character who is experiencing the heavy burden of war-inflicted trauma. the rest of the novel depicts how the trauma follows him and affects every aspect of his life such as his relationship to others. \tn % Row Count 44 (+ 21) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{do you think we will ever be forgiven? (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} importance? & this quote is one of many that sums up the severity of wwi. while propaganda made war seem like an idealized opportunity for men to display their physical strength and heroism, this novel depicts the true horrors of war and its devastating effects on people. while the people who took lives could be considered to be cold blooded killers, Clive asks the future generations to remember that they were, too, people. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 18) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.96 cm} x{7.04 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{never that which is shall die.}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "Never that which is shall die." \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{speaker/spoken to} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{where?} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{when?} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{what is happening?} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{impact on character/plot?} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{importance?} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.88 cm} x{7.12 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{1915. the year itself looks sepia}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "1915. The year itself looks sepia and soiled-muddied like its pictures. In the snapshots everyone at first seems timid-lost-irresolute. Boys and men squinting at the camera." \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{speaker/spoken to} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{where?} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{when?} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{what is happening?} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{impact on character/plot?} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{importance?} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.88 cm} x{7.12 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{we would call it mad and shoot it}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "If an animal had done this - we would call it mad and shoot it." \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{speaker/spoken to} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{where?} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{when?} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{what is happening?} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{impact on character/plot?} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{importance?} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.2 cm} x{4.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{not yet.}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "Not yet." \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} speaker/spoken to & robert ross/marian turner \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{where?} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{when?} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{what is happening?} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{impact on character/plot?} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{importance?} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.88 cm} x{7.12 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{in september,}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quote & "In September, he was tried in absentia and - since he could not be kept in prison - he was allowed to go to St. Aubyn's for convalescent treatment." \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{speaker/spoken to} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{where?} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{when?} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{what is happening?} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{impact on character/plot?} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{importance?} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Rodwell}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} character description & rodwell is first encountered in the dugout \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & keeps cages of injured animals beneath bed \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & especially cares for the toad, who rodwell refers to as a "he" \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & is an illustrator who believes the subject should be drawn as they are (as realistically as possible) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & leaves a letter for robert adressed to his daughter \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & when transferred to another section of the army, rodwell commits suicide after being forced to witness the skinning of a cat by other soldiers (who are equally as mad) \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 7) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} quotes & "I am alive in everything I touch. Touch these pages and you have me in your fingertips. We survive in one another. Everything lives forever. Believe it. Nothing ever dies. I am your father always." \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 8) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & rodwell's letter to his daughter that robert reads upon hearing about his suicide \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{lady juliet d'orsey}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} character description & daughter of the marquis of st. aubyn's and lady emmeline \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & the archivist interviews juliet to gather first hand accounts of robert's life, which are only available through juliet and ms. turner \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & she provides descriptions of her life when she was 12 years old, the time that her house was converted into the st. aubyn's hospital \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & she is a curious child who takes no shame in eavesdropping in on conversations and pulling practical jokes on people \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & falls in love with robert and is jealous of her sister, who becomes romantically involved with him \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & walks in on taffler's attempt on suicide but feels guilty for intervening; considering the physical and mental pain taffler was in, he would have preferred death \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 7) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{lady juliet d'orsey (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & walks in on barbara and robert having violent sex \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & robert leaves st. aubyn's but returns within a few months to recover from severe burns \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & juliet stays by robert's side for the five years of robert's stay until his passing \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{lady barbara d'orsey}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} character description & daughter of the marquis of st. aubyn's and lady emmeline \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & initially encounters robert during his visits to harris, where she is supposedly dating taffler \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & juliet describes her to be extremely possessive of the men she is attracted to, who are usually strong and handsome \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & prior to the war, barbara was jealous of clive and jamie due to their close relationship and lashed out by stealing clive away from other women \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & when jamie is hospitalized for severe burns, barbara puts up an apathetic front for him \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & in addition to taffler, barbara becomes involved with major terry and begins an affair with robert \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 4) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & similarly to jamie, barbara loses interest in robert after he is injured by fire \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{captain eugene taffler}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} character description & first encountered by robert and clifford on the prairie \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & soldier with a reputation for his heroism and military achievements \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & at first, robert admires taffler for his confidence and heroism, seeing him as a role model to look up to during his time as a soldier \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & robert's ideation of taffler is destroyed during his visit to the brothel, where he sees taffler having sex with another man \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & taffler is present when during robert's visits to harris, as he is with barbara \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & he helps robert scatter harris' ashes after harris is accidentally cremated \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & taffler does not appear in the novel again until robert's visit to st. aubyn's, at which point he has lost both his arms in battle; robert is invited there under taffler's forged signature \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 8) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{captain eugene taffler (cont)}} \tn % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & juliet walks in on taffler trying to commit suicide by taking off his bandages and rubbing his wounds against the wall \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{white} & juliet calls for help against taffler's will and he survives the attempt \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{harris}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} character description & first meets robert on the s.s. massanabie \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & cares for the horses on the ship \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & a poetic character; talks about wanting to see a whale while on the ship \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & falls ill to pneumonia, robert takes over his job and injures himself \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & robert and harris form a close friendship during their stay in the infirmary \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & harris' illness worsens in london and robert takes care to visit him every day; robert feels a similar connection to harris as he did with his sister in that he wanted to be there next to him all the time \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 8) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & harris often rambled in his sick state, speaking often about his love for the ocean \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 4) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & juliet believes that robert was in love with harris \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & harris dies to his illness and is cremated accidentally \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.72 cm} x{5.28 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{harris (cont)}} \tn % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & robert, taffler, and barbara scatter harris' ashes on the river; burial at "sea" \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{ms. ross}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{character description} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}