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    Katherine Kaminski Mrs. DeSanta English 1 Honors‚ Orange April 5‚ 2011 Jane Eyre Synthesis Essay What defines a family? What magical bond of love has the ability to connect a group of people? The quest for true family is a subject heavily explored in the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. The singular protagonist‚ Jane Eyre‚ is a "poor‚ obscure‚ plain‚ and little" (Bronte 292) young woman living in nineteenth century England who is orphaned at an early age. Knowing little about the cause of

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    Jane Eyre The novel Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman work that illustrates Jane’s coming-of-age. Each location in the story: Gateshead‚ Lowood‚ Thornfield‚ Moor House‚ and Ferndean provide realization of Jane’s growth and development‚ both spiritually and morally. The novel started off in Gateshead. Jane was ten years old and she lived there with her uncle Mr. Reed‚ who soon died‚ and his family. Mrs. Reed had great animosity toward Jane‚ mainly because of Mr. Reed’s favoritism toward Jane. Because

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    Throughout the passage‚ Jane Eyre is facing the internal conflict of proclaiming her love to Mr. Rochester. She is also facing the dilemma of whether or not she should let the one she loves fall for the one who is not the right match for him. From the beginning of the passage‚ Jane Eyre’s feelings toward Mr. Rochester can easily be recognized. She is falling in love with him and she is trying to tell herself that it is all in her mind. Jane feels the idea of this love is absurd. “I at once called

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    HOW DOES DIRECTOR CARY FUKUNAGA USE VARIETY OF FILM TECHNIQUES TO REVEAL KEY IDEAS IN ‘JANE EYRE’ AND TO ENGAGE A MODERN AUDIENCE? Director Cary Fukunaga in his adaption of Jane Eyre (2011‚ uses a variety of film techniques to reveal key ideas and to engage a modern audience. Set in the Victorian Era in England‚ Jane Eyre tells the story of wqewrrqwr young woman who overcomes tragic life circumstances before embarking on a journey searching for independence‚ a sense of belonging and the true meaning

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    The Catcher in the Rye has been linked to many murder cases throughout it’s time. Mark David Chapman‚ who had an obsession with the book‚ murdered John Lennon. Also‚ John Hinckley‚ who attempted to assassinate our former president‚ Ronald Reagan‚ was thought to be obsessed with the book as well. There are many other people whose murders or attempted murders are thought to be connected to The Catcher in the Rye‚ such as Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassination on John F. Kennedy‚ and Robert John Bardo ‚

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    Gleaden Word Count: 3238 Compare and contrast the ways in which Bronte and Rhys construct the adult selves of Jane and Antoinette and consider how this shapes their relationship with Rochester. Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea present the childhoods and later lives of two women‚ who similarly marry the complex character‚ Mr. Rochester. Both begin their lives as outsiders‚ Jane because of economic differences to the rest of her family and Antoinette because of racial distinctions to the rest

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    Bernice Ramos Mrs. Corradi ENG4UE Friday April 12‚ 2013 The Hidden Faces of Holden Caulfield Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger does an exemplary job in showcasing humanity’s crime through Holden Caulfield. Humanity is guilty of masking their inner selves‚ displaying an entirely different person for the world to see. People often commit this crime subconsciously as a form of protection. Holden is said to be hypocritical because he consistently acknowledges the phoniness of his surrounding

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    In the novel Jane Eyre‚ Charlotte Brontë describes and expresses the life of the protagonist‚ Jane‚ through the character’s own eyes. As Jane begins to explain her story to the reader‚ it is shown fairly quickly that she leads‚ perhaps not a terrible‚ but an ill-fated life. Brontë uses this to her full advantage‚ swirling different styles into the tale through Jane’s sense of self or outlook on the world‚ her discovery of the truths of her relationships‚ and the bizarre events that take place over

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    ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ - Essay ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ was written by American author‚ J.D. Salinger in 1951. The book was an instant success on publication‚ and still today‚ over sixty years later‚ the novel still sells around 250‚000 copies each year. The author‚ J.D.Salinger‚ was born in New York and was a recluse from the army. After the success of the novel‚ J.D. Salinger cut himself off from society‚ and idea expressed many times by the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ in the novel

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    1001379 Harper AP Literature 6 November 2014 The Catcher in the Rye Typed Essay – Prompt #1 J.D. Salinger’s coming of age novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ follows mental institute patient Holden Caulfield as he narrates his experiences and struggles in a world full of what he likes to call‚ “phonies” (13). Throughout the novel‚ Holden oscillates between childhood and adulthood as he desires to be “the catcher in the rye”: he hopes to “catch all the children that “start to go over the cliff” and preserve

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