Catcher in the Rye Study Guide Chapters 1-4 1. Who is Holden Caulfield? 2. Where is Holden as he narrates the story? 3. Why wasn’t Holden at the big football game? 4. Why wouldn’t Holden be back to Pencey after Christmas vacation? 5. What "dirty trick" did Mr. Spencer pull on Holden? 6. Who was Robert Ackley? 7. Who was Stradlater? 8. Identify Jane Gallagher. 9. Why doesn’t Holden go down to see Jane? Chapters 5-9 1. About what did Holden write Stradlater’s composition? 2. Why did Holden
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Furthermore‚ Connie had very little respect for her parents. She would disobey her mother more than her father‚ for he spent all his time at work. Connie’s mother would ask her to do simple tasks‚ such as carrying herself in a specific way‚ keeping her room clean‚ and going particular places with the family. For example‚ here’s a line from the text when her mother asks her to obey her wishes: "Why don’t you keep your room clean like your sister? How’ve you got your hair fixed—what the hell stinks
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information that he is providing the readers with may not be the full truth. Many reasons may contribute to this thought; his old age can be a factor of inaccurate memories since he is recollecting the ones of over 10 years. On the other hand‚ his daydreams are sometimes due to the fact of the problems he is facing in the present‚ and instead of escaping to the past‚ he re-experiences his past to see how his actions led to a change in his present life. Arthur Miller has his own style of displaying
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Novelist Edwidge Danticat contends Nanny “has craved small comforts‚ like sitting idly on a porch‚ and wants her granddaughter to have them‚ along with money and status‚ no matter what the emotional cost” (xvi). From early in her childhood‚ Janie strives to obey and submit to the will of her elders‚ regardless of her inner desire to find “her authentic self and real love” (Danticat ix). However‚ Nanny’s concern is that Janie will relegate herself to a life of promiscuity like her mother or‚ worse
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heard tons of clicks streaming through my mind. “Woohoo!” I shrieked as I read the words: your order has been confirmed. My heart instantly felt like a swimmer racing to the wall in the Olympics. Everything around me became unclear‚ like a faint daydream in the afternoon. Every day I would blankly glare at my calendar‚ anxiously counting down the days. My cousin came with me‚ which only sent me bouncing off the walls. Our anticipation was building tremendously like a roller coaster reaching its
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Fortunato makes his way slowly to the desk‚ Montresor is daydreaming about the friendship they could have. Walking to classes and eating lunch together‚ maybe doing homework at each other’s homes and having dinner together. He is kicked out of the daydream when Fortunato plopped into the desk chair‚ which made a slight clanging between tile and metal. After putting is knapsack
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Without exception‚ every human being born will experience distinctive transitions throughout their lifetime. It could be as simple as moving from one side of town to the other. While at other times‚ a change can be as major as transitioning from childhood to adulthood. For much of the 20th century in America‚ the dynamics of communication among parents and their children was not fundamental. “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” written by Joyce Carol Oates introduces these “ills” of the 20th
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the boy and girl who sits down on the bench near her right to the end of the story. In "Miss Brill‚" by Katherine Mansfield‚ we are introduced to the titular woman called Miss Brill who finds Sundays magical until she is forced to step out of her daydream and face reality. Every Sunday Miss Brill‚ who is presumed to be an English school teacher‚ goes to the Jardins Publiques and takes her "special seat" to look forward to listening to the conversations of others. This lonely older woman eavesdrops
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May 12‚ 2013 Period 1 Prompt #2 Escaping War War is an amazing‚ yet horrifying experience for the soldiers. Many of them come back with little change in their personalities‚ but most of them come back traumatized from the horrible experiences in war. In the story “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien‚ O’Brien describes a few ways a soldier might try to use in order to escape the harsh realities of war. He demonstrates soldiers trying to escape reality by describing what they did mentally
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Every author or writer believes that books change one’s life. In Why We Read and What Books Do for the Human Experience‚ the author points out Gaiman’s three important functions of reading and how does books change the human society. The first point is people should read for joy. Second‚ reading foster empathy. And third‚ it’s a way to explore the world. At the beginning‚ the author directly cited from Neil Gaiman’s “Why Our Future Depends on Libraries‚ Reading and Daydreaming” that the article is
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