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Catcher In The Rye: Holden Portrayed As A Troubled Young Man
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more mature for his age then he should have been. This is the basis of
Holden's fear of growth and change. The more you grow, the closer to death
you find yourself and death is the ultimate change.
Reveling in innocence, perfectness, and being untouched by change
is the most comfortable pattern of living for Holden:
"In chapter 5 when Holden is waiting for Ackley to get
ready to go to town, he looks out of the window of his
room, opens it, and packs a snowball from the snow
on the window ledge. He begins to throw it at a parked
car, but doesn't because the car "looked so nice and
white". Then he aims at a fire hydrant, but stops aga .....
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Lord Of The Flies: A Symbolic Microcosm Of Society
<view this essay>.... respectively. As the id of the island, Jack's actions are the
most blatantly driven by animalistically rapacious gratification needs. In
discovering the thrill of the hunt, his pleasure drive is emphasized,
purported by Freud to be the basic human need to be gratified. In much the
same way, Golding's portrayal of a hunt as a rape, with the boys ravenously
jumping atop the pig and brutalizing it, alludes to Freud's basis of the
pleasure drive in the libido, the term serving a double Lntendre in its
psychodynamic and physically sensual sense.
Jack's unwillingness to acknowledge the conch as the source of centrality
on the island and Ralph as the s .....
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Sundiata
<view this essay>.... of kings because whoever knows the history of a country can read its future. This could be seen when and his family were preparing to leave Mali in exile. ’s mother who, also served as a consultant, had warned him that the queen mother was preparing to harm his family and that it would be in their best interest to leave the kingdom and return at a later time. Balla Fasseke counseled by preparing for his departure in detail and informing him of his destiny. Balla Fasseke’s influence could be seen again on the eve of Krina before went into battle with Soumaoro. That evening Balla Fasseke sat down with and discussed everything with him from the history of t .....
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The Canterbury Tales: The Friar Outwits The Summoner
<view this essay>.... However, the summoner does not challenge the statement in either tale, but warns the friar on the grounds of the friar’s immoral teachings (repent for stealing from poor in the name of the church.)
The friar clearly depicts an image of the summoner, whereas the summoner, out of rage, resorts to vulgarity. The friar offers many analogies of the summoner, and he readily interchanges the occupations of a summoner and a thief: “And Judas kept a bag, and was a thief, just what a thief was he…he was a thief, a summoner, a pimp.” By doing so, the friar implies that a summoner must indeed know the deceitful arts of theft and embezzlement: “He knew so much of b .....
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The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe: An Analysis
<view this essay>.... set out to take Peter, Susan, and Lucy (not Edmund
because he went to the witch ) to the four thrones so they ( four children
united ) can rule over Naria and destroy the witch. The Beavers and the three
children were walking in the snow because there it was always winter. Although
it was always winter Christmas never arrived. After they awoke the next day
they saw Father Christmas who gave them gifts.Mrs. Beaver received a new
sewing machine. Mr. Beaver's dam was fixed and finished. Peter was given a
shield and sword. Susan received a bow, arrows, and a horn. Lucy's gift was a
bottle of healing juice and a dagger. that was the climax of the book because
th .....
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Medea: Summary
<view this essay>.... - in this case Jason and Medea in each one's
own sense - is done over by a woman after cheating on her with the princess
of the King of Corinth. He places emphasis on human emotions and
individual psychology in order to help the reader produce a clear picture
of the characters. Medea features strong dramatic situations and a
stirring part for the heroine, whose attitude of feminine pride and
tradition is still popular in today's world.
Setting: The entire play takes place on the island of Corinth in present
day Greece. Individual places such as Medea/Jason's home, and the palace
of the king and princess are also spoken of and used in the play. It has
a .....
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Catcher In The Rye - Character
<view this essay>.... nervous breakdown, impulsive spending, sexual exploration, vulgarity, and other erratic behavior, have all attributed to the controversial nature of the novel. Yet the novel is not without its sharp advocates, who argue that it is a critical look at the problems facing American youth during the 1950's. When developing a comprehensive opinion of the novel, it is important to consider the praises and criticisms of The Catcher in the Rye.When studying a piece of literature, it is meaningful to note the historical background of the piece and the time at which it was written. Two J.D. Salinger short stories, "I'm Crazy" and "Slight Rebellion off Madison," .....
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Why Is It Called The Bean Trees?
<view this essay>.... within itself was unexpected. Most of the kids from Taylor’s school ended up starting families before they learned how to drive. Taylor chose to create her future, but when she ends up in Arizona she has a beat up car, and an unexpected child. She has not created the future she was aiming for. She is totally thrown off from her utopian plan, and realizes that she is forced to face reality: she must deal with motherhood, being of Native American decent, coming across the unexpected, and learning about the real world she never knew existed outside of Kentucky.
The idea of “beans” is irrelevantly brought up several times. When Taylor is searching for a room to r .....
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