As a reward for having earned a large payment for successfully preventing wanton destruction‚ Holden takes his crew on a month-long binge of gambling and drinking. As the group continues to make the most of their reward before another assignment‚ Holden looks to each member of his crew and is thankful to have them near him. “All he wanted was to keep these people for a few moments longer. On every other ship‚ hitting port
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Psych 412 Penn State Dr. Love When i was in high school‚ I skipped school one day in order to go to my boyfriends house (whom my parents didn’t know about because they didn’t approve of me dating anyone)‚ and i faked a note and called them to tell them i was sick from my parents phone pretending to be my own mother. This was a risk-taking behavior because‚ as i later found out‚ the school figured out that I wasn’t actually sick and called my parents. Then‚ my parents found out about my boyfriend
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despair for Holden Caulfield. Which techniques does Salinger use to do this? JD Salinger uses a variety of techniques to evoke both hope and despair for Holden Caulfield. Hope is explored as an emotional state where one believes in a positive outcome‚ whereas despair displays a complete lack of positive belief. J.D. Salinger uses such techniques as narrative style‚ symbolism and foreshadowing‚ in his novel The Catcher in the Rye. The reader’s feelings of despair and hopelessness for Holden Caulfield
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CONCEPT NOTE Development of road from Gulbarga - Kazi Kotnoor – Hebbal - Kalagi - Sulepet - Chincholli - Konchavaram to Andhra Pradesh Border leading to Zahirabad in Andra Pradesh. Chincholi is one of the most backward taluka’s of Gulbarga district despite the fact that it has rich mineral‚ forest and agricultural resources. At present Gulbarga is connected to Hyderabad through Wagdari-Gulbarga-Sedam-Rebbanpalli road. However‚ Chincholi taluka which is closer to Hyderabad does not have any
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The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a novel based on a post-apocalyptic setting. The story focuses on a father and a son. No names are given to either. But‚ the son does address his father as Papa. The father and the son are trying to survive not only by undertaking the constant struggle of getting the necessary means to live (water‚ food‚ etc.) but by surviving from the cannibals. The father and the son are traveling throughout the entirety of the novel. Before the wife had abandoned her husband
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The Maturity of Winnie-The-Pooh In a series of adventures Winnie-the-Pooh‚ written by Alan Alexander Milne‚ Pooh Bear may be seen as a childlike character. While it is obvious that he remains a “child” throughout the book‚ the progress that he demonstrates should not be left unnoticed. Pooh’s improvement shows that he has progressed to the next stage of a child cognitive development‚ and the way he has achieved this improvement represents child’s maturity as a slow process
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Writers provide glimpses of other worlds‚ giving readers opportunities to reflect on their own world To what extent do you agree with this view? The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a post-apocalyptic novel about a man and a boy travelling down across what seems to be a bleak and dull land. In this book‚ we see a world that seems to have a bleak and dark future without a lot of hope. Land is somehow destroyed‚ perhaps by a natural cause. The cycle of seasons has been completely altered and
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Holden also has an unstable sense of self. His unstable sense of self is depicted in a few ways. First is his relationship with his little sister Phoebe. He says “The thing with kids is‚ if they want to grab the gold ring you have to let them do it‚ and not say anything” (273). In this quote in a way he saying let them be adventurous they will learn from their mistakes. He acts this way towards his little sister because he is trying to give her the childhood he didn’t get to experience. You can
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readers life through Holden Caulfield’s eyes. The readers see his outlook on life‚ thoughts about people‚ and ideas about maturity and adulthood. Even though Holden doesn’t want to grow up‚ he still develops maturity through three symbols: the museum‚ the idea of being "the catcher in the rye‚" and the carrousel and gold rings. The museum holds many fond memories for Holden that he does not want to let go of. He loves this museum because he feels that it never changes. Holden says that every time
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Holden and Charlie In both the novels Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye and Chbosky’s the perks of being a wallflower‚ the main characters Holden Caulfield and Charlie are troubled teens. Although they were teenagers in different time periods they shared many similar teenage difficulties. Both novels portray a male protagonist growing up while struggling to find his identity‚ while loathing their lives. Thus both novels are of the coming of age genre. Both boys are socially awkward and are not able
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