protagonist

Early in the film, the protagonist, Bear, uses a magical wish that Nikki would love him more than anyone else in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

The sixth game in the franchise will feature its first ever playable female protagonist in a 3D setting - Lucia - alongside her partner in life and crime, Jason, as a second playable character.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

In the final chapters of “The Human Bear,” the protagonist, at the end of her life, recalls: “Human Bears often like to even the score before they die.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

That cruel realization haunts the cash-strapped protagonist of English filmmaker Mark Jenkin’s transfixing, increasingly despairing “Rose of Nevada.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Downtrodden Americans gravitated strongly toward the Horatio Alger protagonist, the lowly bred Everyman who rises from anonymity and hopelessness.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

In Irvine Welsh’s “Men in Love,” each of the four male protagonists has a different approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Bestselling author Jessica Knoll’s protagonists mostly follow a specific pattern: They are women who have learned Not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Winocour wisely places all of her protagonists in different fields within the same industry, and at different points in their careers.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

All three films celebrate highly dominant male protagonists who project raw power, aggression and emotional intensity.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Wilkerson begins the paragraph by stating that the actions of her protagonists are universal, but she does not rest with that generalization.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker