Wirte down the character sketch of: Corporal Turnbull Professor, Private Quelch Harold Mr Bramble and Mrs. Bramble John A Pescud The Narator of Bestseller Persome The Bishop. Pls do reply soon cuz tomorrow is my exam.
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Character of Corporal Turnbull
Corporal Turnbull was a young man, but he was not a man to be trifled with. He had come back from Dunkirk with all his equipment correct and accounted for. He kept his kitten in his pocket. He was admired by the trainee soldiers as their hero, and they used to tell each other that he was so tough that you could hammer nails into him without his noticing it.Character of Professor
Private Quelch was a lanky, stooping, frowning man. He wore horn-rimmed spectacles. Everyone called him the Professor as he loved showing off his knowledge and presenting himself as superior to others. Undoubtedly he was a promising trainee at the army training depot. However, he had a serious flaw in his personality. He was a show off. He would learn details about certain things that were being taught during the training, and boast off his knowledge during the training session. For example, during the musketry training, he interrupted the trainer and corrected him about the exact speed of the bullet when it was fired. He interrupted his instructors quite frequently.
Fortunately, the musketry trainer ignored his impudence. But Corporal Turnbull could not be trifled with. When the Professor tried to correct Corporal Turnbull while he was giving a training lecture on hand grenades, the latter got offended. He invited the Professor to give the lecture in his stead. After the session he made a declaration. He told the platoon that he was assigning the permanent cook-house duties to the Professor.
In spite of the punishment he received from Corporal Turnbull, he did not mend his ways. Even at kitchen he would lecture his assistant cooks on unscientific and unhygienic method of peeling potatoes.Character of Mrs. Bramble
Mrs. Bramble was an amiable, domestic woman who was always engrossed in Bill, her husband, and Harold, her son. She loved her family very much. She was extremely proud of her son’s intelligence. She took great care of him and ensured he took proper breaks from his studies. She is quite much worried about the future of Harold. She has a strong wish that Bill should win his last bout and then start his career anew as a boxing instructor at a school.
Character of Mr. Bramble
Mr. Bramble was a very nice man. He was a professional and fierce boxer who had won almost all his contests in his weight category. He was so skilled that he could surprise his opponents with his clever maneuvers. However, in his personal life he was very caring and soft. He had a sacrificing nature and was quite amenable to suggestions and persuasion of his family members. He was a loving father and understanding husband. For the sake of his son, he kept his profession hidden from him. He was willing to abandon the most important fight of his life for his son's sake.Character of John A Pescud
Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there are people like John A. Pescud. He epitomizes the essence of ‘Romance’, supposed to have died with the Romantic Age. Travelling salesman for a plate-glass company by profession, one will find it hard to think such a man as him could harbor any romantic feelings in his commercial chest. He worked very hard as a travelling salesman for a plate-glass company. Happy with his work, his company raised his salary regularly; the company also gave him commission. Through hard work he not only got financial success, but luck favoured him in his love life also.
Character of Bishop
The Bishop was, as Persome his sister says in the play, “The best man in all France”. He was a true Bishop indeed. He followed Jesus Christ’s teachings of love, charity, benevolence, and forgiveness in true spirit. He helped his parishioners. Jesus laid stress on giving to the needy and the poor in his Gospel. So, when the Bishop sold salt-cellars to pay Mere Gringoire's rent, who was ill, he actually tried to follow one of the most important teachings of Jesus Christ. His encounter with the convict was the litmus test of his virtues, which he passed with flying colours. His patience, love, care, and magnanimity transformed the beastlike convict into a good human being. The Bishop’s character stands till today an epitome of all virtues which each and every person should try to emulate.