I am but a merespearcarrierwho has supported his army in this debate.
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Aspearcarrieris a character put in a story to be used like a piece of disposable tissue.
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Mias moral maturity comes with her recognition that the universe is filled with "people", and there is not a single solitaryspearcarrieramong them.
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Aspearcarrieris the anonymous character cut down by the hero as he advances to save the menaced heroine.
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Are we to be leading players, supporting actors or just spear carriers?
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The trouble is that each of us is his own hero, existing in a world of spear carriers.
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The silent ones are known as spear carriers, to differentiate them from the male chorus members.
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