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Catcher In The Rye: Summary

... is always trying to give advise to Holden; so that he succeeds in school. 6. Stradlater is Holdens senior friend and roommate. This character likes to go out with many girls. 7. Jean Gallagher is not only Holdens friend; she's Holdens best friend. These characters like each other, and have known each other since they were very little. 8. Sally Hayes is Holdens friend. She likes poetry, and she also likes to go to the theater. She goes out on a date with Holden. PLOT This story is based on a young boy's life. This ...

Number of words: 1703 | Number of pages: 7

The Glass Menagerie: Struggle To Fit Into Society

... Tom had the problem of fitting in at the warehouse were he worked, because is the warehouse really a place for someone like him and his mind rebelled. Lastly you can see how society forced them to change and Laura to lose her status in order to fit in with Jim and that's shown by the horn breaking. Tom then realizes that and leaves which causes him to change too. Tennessee Williams artfully depicted this. The fire escape. A downtrodden red thing off the sides of buildings showing societies ineffectual escape from itself. In this c ...

Number of words: 1065 | Number of pages: 4

Defense Statement

... him. I agree with the prosecution however when they say that murder is unlawful, but would you say what George Milton did was murder? He was saving a life more than taking one. Lenny was already "dead" in a sense at the point that George pulled the trigger. There were a lot of men with shotguns and hunting dogs searching for Lenny, who had absolutely NO chance of escape. For the men who worked at the farm were almost on to where Lenny was hiding and there was no time for Lenny and George to run. If Lenny were to fall in the hands of the p ...

Number of words: 279 | Number of pages: 2

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

... autobiographies, and first-hand accounts. Each of the books nineteen chapters deals with a certain tribe, battle, or historical event. Brown goes into deep and explicit detail throughout, as evidenced by the book’s nearly 500 pages. Some critics may say that is boring and text-book like. Although the format is set up like a text-book it makes it easier to find specific battles and examples of the atrocities that the American Indians endured. Brown has made sure to include songs, quotes, and portraits throughout the entire book. U ...

Number of words: 496 | Number of pages: 2

Canterbury Tales-a Personal Pe

... At that time, in all levels of society, belief in God or gods was not a matter of choice, it was a matter of fact. Atheism was an alien concept and this is why the church was so powerful. Sometimes, people of the church would take advantage of that Leading a life pleasing God was one of the most significant concerns of the medieval man. The existence of God was never questioned and the one thing that man wanted most was to be with the divine. In order to do this, he had to achieve salvation. The simplest way to achieve salvation was to buy i ...

Number of words: 689 | Number of pages: 3

Anne Of Green Gables: Narcissism

... in the initial chapter's when Anne is meeting Matthew and Marilla she asks them if they will call her “Cordelia” because “It's such a perfectly elegant name.” (Montgomery p24) Anne can't seem to find any romance in her name and romance is very important to her. She settles on Anne, but it must be Anne spelled with an e because “It looks so much nicer.” (p25) The “Cordelia” reference also illustrates narcissism through the reference to Cordelia, in Shakespeare's King Lear. In King Lear, Cordelia will not give in to her fa ...

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The Glass Menagerie: Amanda Wingfield Is Annoying

... into his mouth, like Amanda said to Tom. A person could not eat dinner a leisurely way with her there. I see exactly why Tom got up and left the table. I did this many times just so I would not hear arguments between my mother-in-law and my ex-husband. After the table incident, when Tom would go outside on the stairs to smoke, Amanda would follow him and start telling him he smoked too much. This shows us Amanda is really is a nag. In Scene II, Amanda seemed to want her daughter Laura to have as many gentlemen callers as she had when ...

Number of words: 380 | Number of pages: 2

The French Lieutenant’s Women: Sara As A Nonconformist

... so Sarah captures the attention of Charles and in turn brings about change in him. In the novel Victorian society has set moral codes by which the way a person lives is defined. An example of this would be the role women play. "In that year (1851) there were some 8,155,000 females of the age of ten upwards, in the British population as compared with 7,600,000 males. Already it will be clear that if the accepted destiny of the Victorian girl was to become a wife and mother, it was unlikely that there would be enough men to go round." T ...

Number of words: 1245 | Number of pages: 5

Three Aspects Of Destructive Relationships In Wuthering Heights

... relationships. Because Heathcliff gained all the attention from Mr. Earnshaw, Hindley became disassociated from his father. This separation continued until after Mr. Earnshaw had died. Another example is between Hindley and Hareton. Hindley became such a drunk and a gambler that he could not properly care for young Hareton. This led to a separation between Hareton and his father as well. One primary example of an uncaring parent is shown between Heathcliff and his son Linton. Heathcliff did not even want his son for anything except ena ...

Number of words: 774 | Number of pages: 3

Black Boy Analysis

... like the other black people around him did. The white people around him knew that he was different from other black men. They were scared because he challenged the system that they had created for themselves as the super power. They feared Richard, and some of the white people felt it necessary to act out their racist feelings in order to cover up their fear. His white coworkers beat Richard because his boss was kind to him. Richard later had to leave a good job because those racist co-workers would “kill” him. When the prin ...

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Symbolism Found In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tale Of The Minister’s Black Veil

... sermon to the church -“Those secret sins, and those sad mysteries that we hide from our nearest and our dearest”- Hawthorne, reveals here, the idea that all individuals, including parishioners of the church, hide their secret sins. He presents the illusion that, we try somehow to hide our wickedness from God. This is the reason Hooper wears the veil. Not to hide his sins, but to openly declare his relationship with humanity as being a sinner. In doing this, he thrusts a stone edifice between him and humanity. He has become a dissente ...

Number of words: 532 | Number of pages: 2

Fiesta The Sun Also Rises By Hemingway

... separates from another to preserve the idea of their short-lived affair and to avoid self-destruction, and denies and disgraces the only man whom she loves most dearly. All her relationships occur in a period of months, as Brett either accepts or rejects certain values or traits of each man. Brett, as a dynamic and self-controlled woman, and her four love interests help demonstrate Hemingway’s standard definition of a man and/or masculinity. Each man Brett has a relationship with in the novel possesses distinct qualities that enab ...

Number of words: 2608 | Number of pages: 10

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