Sedlacek 1 Jessica Sedlacek Mrs. Curran ENG 4U1-06 April 23‚ 2009 How Holden’s Loss of Innocence is Revealed Throughout The Catcher in the Rye Every child experiences maturation‚ and struggles through their adolescence as they attempt to hold on to their innocence. The novel The Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger‚ illustrates this theme through the character of Holden Caulfield. Holden is an isolated‚ self-critical‚ sixteen year old boy‚ whose attitude is governed by a hatred of
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“I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful.” This quote comes from Holden Caulfield‚ the protagonist of the award winning novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye. Many people claim to relate to Holden Caulfield because of how genuine he is with the reader. In spite of that‚ critics have continuously challenged the notion that Holden was a reliable narrator. Throughout the story Holden Caulfield demonstrates that he is not a reliable character because he is quick to lie‚ is hypocritical
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Alienation in The Bluest Eye Alienation. A withdrawing or separation of a person or a person’s affections from an object or position of former attachment (Merriam Webster). Society has ways of alienating people for multiple reasons such as their race‚ gender‚ class‚ or beliefs. In The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison‚ the character Pecola was alienated not only by society‚ but by her family as well. Pecola’s alienation was due to the fact that she was raped by her father and carried his baby. This reveals
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the life lead by “BLUE EYES” in the very near future. The basic idea behind this technology is to give the computer the human power. We all have some perceptual abilities. That is we can understand each others feelings. For example we can understand ones emotional state by analyzing his facial expression. If we add these perceptual abilities of human to computers would enable computers to work together with human beings as intimate partners. The “BLUE EYES” technology aims at creating
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The Catcher in the Rye Review Sheet -Jane Gallagher: A girl Holden used to spend a lot of time with one summer when their families were neighbors in Maine. She is important to Holden because she is one of the few girls he can find attractive and connect to. -Allie Caulfield: Holden’s younger brother who died of leukemia three years ago. He was intelligent‚ red-headed‚ and friendly. Holden is still suffering from Allie’s death. -Phoebe Caulfield: Holden’s 10 year old sister who he loves
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The bluest eye is a novel written by Toni Morrison. The novel took place majorly in the 1940s Lorain‚ Ohio when racism was still predominant and after the great depression. The Bluest Eye centers around Pecola Breedlove a young black girl who believes that whiteness is beauty and inherently denies the beauty of her own blackness. The novel intricately and blatantly narrates the lives of African-Americans during the 40s leading well into the 70s and even till now. Pecola’s dream of having this standard
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The Bluest Eye by Tony Morrison Summary and Analysis of Prologue and Autumn The Bluest Eye opens with two short untitled and unnumbered sections. The first section is a version of the classic Dick and Jane stories found in grade school reading primers. There is a pretty house‚ Mother‚ Father‚ Dick‚ Jane‚ a cat‚ a dog‚ and‚ at the end‚ a friend for Jane to play with. The same story appears three times in succession‚ repeated verbatim each time. The first time the text appears with full punctuation
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Lying is a recurring motif in the novel The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger that directly correlates to the character Holden Caulfield .Lying is an escape for Holden that makes him feel better about himself‚ so that way he doesn’t have to deal with problems he are faced with‚ thus isolating himself . This can be seen in chapter 3 when he is leaving from a visit with his teacher‚ ‘Old Spencer’. He tells the reader‚ “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It’s awful. If I’m on
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The Bluest Eye‚ written by Toni Morrison is a novel set in 1941. It explores the life of Pecola Breedlove‚ an African American foster child who lives in Lorain‚ Ohio. Pecola is constantly called ugly by her neighbours which results in her feeling inferior to everybody around her. Her one and only wish is for blue eyes‚ as she thinks it is associated with “whiteness‚” which she thinks will make her seem less ugly in the time period where racism and segregation is rampant in the United States. One
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Part A 1. The novel’s title‚ The Eyes of the Dragon‚ holds great significance to the book. In the novel‚ King Roland‚ ruler of the city Delain‚ kills a dragon and promptly mounts it head on his bed room wall. King Roland’s son‚ Thomas‚ discovers he can spy on his father using the dead dragon’s eyes. By entering a secret room‚ next to King Roland’s chambers‚ Thomas can look through two peep holes which align with the eyes of the dragon. Thomas has never received his father’s attention. He is always
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