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    Holden gets depressed when Sunny takes off her dress because he realized that she was a child. He agreed to a prostitute because he was pressured and depressed so he thought he can blow off some steam using the prostitute. He changes his mind about having sex because the girl tells to stop and he doesnt know if he should continue or if he should stop. He stops most of the time. Sunny’s age‚ mannerisms and appearance affects Holden because he thinks she is young. Holden sees Sunny as a child and it

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    the Rye by J. D. Salinger‚ Holden Caulfield shows us that he is not a trusting man. He is constantly telling and showing the reader that trusting is some sort of weakness. He thinks that he’s protecting himself when in reality he’s isolating himself from everyone. Holden Cualfield’s has trust issues that leave him with undeniable loneliness. Holden first shows his trust issues when he wouldn’t tell Ackley what was wrong with him after his fight with Stradlater. Holden lies and tells him the fight

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    Salinger ’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ the narrator‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is an unreliable narrator. Discuss and analyze the text to support your argument. “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (Salinger 14). JD Salinger’s character Holden Caulfield admits himself that he is unreliable. The author portrays Holden as a teenage boy that brobdingnagianly lies to people that he doesn’t know. This makes the reader question if he lying to us? Holden does lie on many occasions‚ but usually it is

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    Perception Accuracy

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    How do people view each other and what effect do relationships have on perception accuracy? I answered these broad questions by running an experiment with three trials (three different relationships) with the same controlled questions. It’s easy for one to see that perception relies heavily on how much one knows of another and how accurate it actually is. This paper will be organized by primarily discussing my acquaintance‚ Miles Morgan‚ and then my friend‚ Jack Hill‚ and lastly‚ my significant other

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    Perception and Attention Sensation and Perception Senses effect a person’s brain information reflecting on the way a person perceives information. The five major senses are vision‚ audition‚ touch‚ taste‚ and smell. If one or more of a person’s senses is not working properly then it can affect their perception. According to Robinson-Reigler and Robinson-Reigler (2008)‚ "early selection theories propose that the processes whereby we designate information for further processing

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    interpretation of sensory data to give us an accurate view of the world? When our senses are ignited by sensory data we can accurately view persons‚ places‚ or things to a certain extent. As humans we all gather information by using sensory perceptions. Sensory perceptions are the conscious recognition and interpretation of sensory stimuli that serve as a basis for understanding‚ learning‚ and knowing or for motivating a particular action or reaction. We human have five senses by which we use to gain and

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    Name Instructor Class Submission Date Holden Caulfield: Sociopath or Everyman? The minds of assassins generally teem with oddities. For example‚ Leon Czolgosz‚ the assassin of President William McKinley‚ was so devoted to his anarchist principles that he refused to talk to anyone whom he perceived to be an authority figure in the aftermath of the assassination. This included his court-appointed attorneys and the judge at his trial‚ which led to his attorneys attempting to secure a finding of insanity

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    This is showing that Holden has seen it happen before when he was on a double date with Stradlater. He knows how to seduce girls and use them for sex. Another reason that Stradlater is Stradlater is negative is because he is ungrateful for everything he gets. For example‚ Stradlater had a date and asked Holden to write his english paper for him‚ he said it could be on anything he wants‚ as long as it is descriptive and has lots of details. So holden was thinking about his brother Allie who died

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    2/1/15 Character Analysis: Holden Caulfield Holden Caulfield‚ the main character in the famous novel “The Catcher in the Rye”‚ by J.D Salinger‚ is a strange character. Holden is a teenager‚ 16 years old to be exact‚ who is conflicted about moving on to adulthood‚ or growing up. Although in many ways physically mature enough to pass for an adult‚ Holden enjoys the innocent childlike pleasures he enjoys‚ and fights to hold on to his childhood for as long as possible. Holden Caulfield changes throughout

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    Perception and Paper

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    person’s perception is based off of their own understandings‚ character‚ self-awareness‚ talents‚ and surroundings. I learned a lot from my previous relationship. Now that I have decided to date again; I have an image of the guy I am considering. This paper will help me to understand how perception works through doing an analysis of what three observers professed were their perceptions of a photograph. The three main points of perception are the explanation of the steps of the perception process;

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