and a lack of guilt‚ shame and empathy. Sometimes‚ this illness is called psychopathy or sociopathy. Unfornately‚ Holden is a sociopath because he is deceitful‚ irresponsible and he lacks remorse for action that harm others.(56) Holden Caulfield is described as a really trouble six`teen-year-old boy who is telling a story about how he got expelled from Pencey Preparatory School. Holden is deceitful. Deceitfulness is defined as a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive or an intentional
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several defining events. But more often than not society tries to shape someone’s identity into something that they aren’t. There are several examples of this constant battle between the people and society in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden Caulfield is the prime example of this struggle there are several points in the story where he tries his hardest to fit into the unreasonable standards set by society‚ but eventually comes to the realization that he cannot be that standard model human
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Holden is a character that neglected children can understand. He’s depressed and can’t accept the reality of life because he is emotionally disconnected from society. He doesn’t know what it like is to have affections so he tries to be like Allie because he envies all of the attention he receives; Allie is the façade that Holden wants to become since his family has always neglected him‚ in which creates the absence of affection. Holden starts to introduce himself‚ but ends with a nonchalant and distant
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Experiment 1: Isolation of Casein from Milk * pH of milk – 6.6 * milk = 87.1% water‚ 4.9 % CHO 3.9 %‚ fats‚ 0.7% minerals Experiment 2: Protein Hydrolysis and Characterization | Reagents | Principle | Test for | Positive Result | Negative Result | Biuret | CuSO4‚ NaOH | Complexation of Cu+2 with amide N atoms | Polypeptide bonds | Violet/purple solution | Blue color solution | Sakaguchi | 10% NaOH‚ 0.02% α-naphtol solution‚ 2% NaOBr | arginine condenses with α-naphtol and NaOH
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As with catcher in the rye‚ it was first published in 1951 and is written in American English and also has many colloquial words and is also written as if the main character is speaking (first person narrative) directly to you. The main characters Holden (Catcher in the rye) and Philip Pirrip‚ referred to as pip because " My fathers name being Pirrip and my Christian name being Philip my infant tongue could make no more of both names than pip‚ so I called
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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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Holden Caulfield is a character whose actions speak more than his words. In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden is an innocent person who expects the world to be perfect. He knows that there are choices available for every decision he makes‚ but doesn’t have any particular instructions to go with it. He seems to be a very positive person who has just given up trying to make better of him after his Brother Allie’s death. This plus his "teenage mood and attitude changes‚" the society thinks
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Isolation and identification of an unknown bacterium Pillay‚ Esmerelda (209504371) School of Biochemistry‚ Genetics and Microbiology Department of Microbiology University of Kwa-zulu Natal 25 October 2010 ABSTRACT Different types of bacteria in various forms are found all around us‚ and it is a microbiologist’s job to be able to identify these bacteria. Using various staining techniques and physiological tests‚ an isolated bacterium can be identified. In this experiment‚ a single bacterial
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The pivotal theme of isolation and alienation from mankind highlights Firdaus’s indifference‚ even disdain towards human society. Firdaus’s bold opening statement has lucratively proven a unique outlook of Firdaus’s life “Let me speak. Do not interrupt me.” (1) The rigorously crafted manipulation of short sentences not solely fastens the pace of the extract‚ yet conjointly builds up the chronological train of thought throughout the extract. The passage begins with short sentences‚ that sets the scene
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10/22/01 The Tragedy of Araby In James Joyce’s Araby‚ a young boy finds himself in love with an older girl. The girl‚ Mangan’s sister‚ refuses to love him back and instead ignores him. This crushes the boy and makes his hunger for her even more stronger. He sometimes finds himself hopelessly alone in the darkness thinking about her‚ awaiting for the day she would recognize his devotion to her. " At night in my bedroom her image came between me and the page I strove to read (805)." "At
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