Journal #1: Just the Way I liked it When Holden was in New York‚ he purchased the red hat when he got out of the subway in a sporting goods store. He wears his hat by swinging the peaks around the back. Holden always wears his in different ways‚ either the correct way or backwards.The hat symbolizes uniqueness‚ individuality‚ and confidence. When he wears it towards the back means that he is frustrated or mad. His red hunting has is red with long peaks. The purpose of the hat is to make himself comfortable
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Heart of Darkness Journal 2 The native Africans are once again demoralized throughout this section of the novel. The are looked upon as less than the white explorers. They are constantly judging the native on the most miniscule aspects almost as though the amplify the common things flaws that everyone have just because they aren’t the same. One native is shot dead and even as he lays dying he doesn’t mutter a sound. The narrator mentions that they do not speak much this could possible lead to the
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Wee Willie Winky‚ an underprivileged man who entertains the people of Methwold’s Estate as a clown‚ is also expectant of child from his wife Vanita‚ who apparently had an illicit affair with her master William Methwold‚ who is the biological father of her unborn child. Both the women‚ Amina and Vanita go into labor pain for straight thirteen days‚ and precisely at the hour of midnight‚ each woman is blessed with a son. Perhaps‚ Mary Pereira who is appointed as a midwife at the nursing home is engrossed
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Sana Farooqui Summer Reading 15 July 2016 Journal 1 After reading the first third of the book The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main event that I thought had a huge impact towards the plot is the part where Holden goes off on Stradlater after his date with Jane. Not much actually happened so far in the book to determine the main event but I think this one had a huge impact on Holden’s life. Holden has liked Jane for a while even before she and Stradlater were together. She and Stradlater started dating
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Abbey Nielsen Mrs. Benedetto Contemporary Literature 23 February‚ 2017 Formal Journal One. The book The Martian is full of different perspectives and speeds throughout the story. This book starts in the perspective of an all knowing narrator. This narrator tells what happened to the Areas 3 team. Because it is happening as the story goes on you feel like you are part of the story which makes time go at a normal pass. The Areas 3 team is one of the first group of people to stay on Mars. They were
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Haverdink 1 Austin Haverdink Mr. Montalbano AP English‚ 2nd 20 January 2015 Quote Journals (13) Chapter 1 . “I’d never yell ‘Good luck!’ at anybody. It sounds terrible‚ when you think about it” (Salinger 16). I found this quote very peculiar at first‚ because most people would interpret someone saying “good luck” as a sincere farewell‚ but then as I thought about the context in which it is used it dawned on me that Holden was right to some extent. The saying “good luck” is not always a
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July 06‚ 2012 Journal #2 – Miss Brill “Behind the rotunda the slender trees with yellow leaves down drooping”. This quote represents Miss Brill’s old age. Using the autumn season means that Miss Brill is long past her prime and is about to enter the final stage of her life – winter. Also‚ the “yellow leaves” described in the story are colourless and decayed‚ just like Miss Brill. At the end of the story‚ the boy and the girl basically say that Miss Brill is decayed and obsolete by calling her
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Mark Twain Quote Journal Baker College of Allen Park 5/7/14 Mark Twain said‚ “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that‚ but the really great make you feel that you‚ too‚ can become great.” Twain had the belief that people need to surround themselves with others who will encourage them to be their best. Those who belittle others who are in pursuit of something ambitious are not the kind of people who are pursuing their own passions
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Chandler Hersom Ms.Jones English 2 Honors August 24‚ 2013 Passage no.1 Page 7 Chapter 1 “While they continued to write and talk‚ we saw the wounded and dying. While they taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing‚ we already knew that death-throes are stronger. But for all that we were no mutineers‚ no deserters‚ no cowards--they were very free with all these expressions. We loved our country as much as they; we went courageously into every action; but also
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Acres of Diamonds One of the most interesting Americans who lived in the 19th century was a man by the name of Russell Herman Conwell. He was born in 1843 and lived until 1925. He was a lawyer for about fifteen years until he became a clergyman. One day‚ a young man went to him and told him he wanted a college education but couldn’t swing it financially. Dr. Conwell decided‚ at that moment‚ what his aim in life was‚ besides being a man of the cloth - that is. He decided to build a university
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