In J.D Salinger’s book The Catcher in the Rye‚ the protaginist Holden Caulfied‚ struggles with life‚ one of the factors being his unstable state of mind due to the death of his brother. After his brothers death his perspective on life was shaken‚ culminating to his use of anger and trivial decisions to mask his emotions. We see his rapid choice of judgment evidently when he destroyed his parents garage windows. Holden holds his brother dear to his heart‚ because of his authenticity and humbleness;
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Elijah´s character in the novel played a huge role where Elijah was isolated from friends‚ family and loved ones. Elijah have been through a punishing and desperate time in residential schools where Elijah was torrered and treated differently from each other. Residential schools back then were more punishing and torturing to native Indians and other people as well it acted as a prison for students‚ they were restricted or unable to see their families or get to hear from them at all. Once‚ Elijah
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Beloved was a famous novel written by Toni Morrison. In the novel‚ Morrison narrated the strange things that happened at 124 Bluestone Road and the life of a former slave‚ Sethe. Sethe had four children but her daughter died from a throat cut before she escaped to Ohio. When she arrived in Cincinnati‚ Ohio‚ she lived in a haunted house with her daughter‚ Denver‚ her two sons‚ and her mother-in-law‚ Baby Suggs. However‚ by 1873‚ Sethe and Denver were the only people living in the house because Baby
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The Dangers of Isolation in The Catcher in the Rye It is normal to want to get away from all of the problems of the world‚ but it is not normal to want to be completely isolated from people. Holden wanted to have no human contact what so ever‚ and that is not normal. Throughout the book Holden expresses a rebellious attitude toward the world‚ and this rebellious attitude comes from his infatuation with being alone. He isolates himself from the world because he has not yet found himself and is
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to themselves. Both characters‚ Macbeth from William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ and Holden from J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ embarked on a inward journey of self discovery.Through being emotionally unstable‚ having contradicting morals‚ and discovering who they truly are‚ it is evident that though two different outcomes‚ they both had a journey of self discovery. Unlike Holden‚ Macbeth was very emotionally stable at the beginning. He was respected‚ a devoted husband and a
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Once the aspirin is prepared‚ it is isolated from the reaction solution and then it is purified. The aspirin is insoluble in cold water‚ and it is isolated by filtering the chilled reaction solution. Purification is essential to remove any unreacted salicylic acid and acetic anhydride as well as the acetic acid product and phosphoric acid. Acetic anhydride is caused to decompose by the addition of water once the formation of aspirin is complete. C4H6O3 (Acetic anhydride) + H2O (Water) ------------------------->
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Singapore Managing the Human Resource of Holden. Lecturer Dr. Bob Compton Submited By: Rajim Krishna Shrestha (C3172789) Ge Du (c3157769) Lu Cui (c3160052) ShiDie Lu (c3159226) Word count: 4650 excluding executive summary‚ table of content‚ references and appendices. Executive Summary This report analyzes and discusses about the organizing and
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of writing‚ that will explain things in detail‚ not making you have to really try and figure out what the author is trying to say. Holden does none of these things. If Holden was a real person telling the story‚ it could not be considered a memoir. He continually lies throughout the book‚ and he does not tell the full story by leaving out how he is feeling. Holden lies so much throughout the book‚ you almost start to think that the whole thing is a lie. He even states in the book that he is a very
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the end of the period of isolation Introduction: The Japanese isolation period came to a close after US commodore Matthew Perry reopened all diplomatic relations with new countries as well as japans former trade partners. It started off when Japan made the decision to close off all contact with the outside world and force all foreign people to leave the country‚ which lasted around 200 years. It was 1854‚ when Mathew Perry sailed to Japan to make a stop to the isolation period and reopen the relations
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<b>Thesis:</b> Holden Caufield is a hostile‚ negatively charged character that suffers from depression which stems from a desire not to grow up and a lack of closure in his brothers death.<br><br>"If you really want to hear about it‚ the first thing you ’ll probably want to know is where I was born‚ and what my lousy childhood was like . . . "(pg. 1) These first words that Holden Caufield communicates during his tell of events that brought him to his breakdown‚ show the pent up hostility that still
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