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    PRS1023/502/3/2013 Tutorial Letter 502/3/2013 Health in Early Childhood Education: A PRS1023 Department of Teacher Education Semester 1 and 2 This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. Bar code PRS1023/502 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 COURSE OVERVIEW 2 STUDY UNIT 4: NUTRITION 3 STUDY UNIT 5: COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS 4 STUDY UNIT 6: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER - THE HEALTH POLICY 5 CONCLUSION 6 LIST OF SOURCES LAYOUT OF

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    Yessaian‚ Hrag Shoushan Arabian English III‚ Per: 4 November 5th‚ 2010 Catcher in the Rye Final Essay The story “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger shows the epic journey of a boy growing up and learning about adulthood. Holden Caulfield‚ the arrogant and biased protagonist of the story in a period of four days begins to learn about the adult world‚ thus loses his innocence. Holden Caulfield holds a bitter‚ defiant‚ and negative tone and attitude towards his classmates

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    around on the bench for quite a while.” Referencing his hunting hat‚ he tries to say it provided protection from the rain‚ when contrarily‚ he was getting soaked just the same. Once he was “near bawling”‚ it is clear why this is the supposed climax of Catcher. Expressing emotion and even crying in a place with a crowd‚ shows the weakness and sensitivity that Holden does not usually allow himself to feel or express. The climax of this story is the expressing of emotions he does not want to express. The

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    Have you ever thought your life can get any worst? In the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” the is a young boy named Holden Caulfield. This young man goes through personal conflicts and external conflicts in his life. In this novel Salinger creates Holden to ultimately be a dynamic character‚ as he changes as a result of death and corruption‚ and insecurity. To begin‚ Holden suffers through the death of several people close to him which changes his life. Over the course of this paragraph you

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    Catcher In The Rye Summary

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    Pency Prep: "The Catcher in the Rye" opens with Holden Caulfield at Pency Prep‚ his high school‚ where he has just been kicked out for failing almost all of his classes. Holden‚ as a lost and frustrated teen‚ goes to his room for his last night before planning to run away from Pency Prep for some "alone time" before telling his parent he was kicked out of another school. In his room he interrogates his roommate‚ Stradlater‚ about one of Holden’s old friends‚ Jane. Stradlater just got back from a

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    middle of the night‚ and is offered advice on life and a place to sleep. Mr. Antolini tells Holden that it is the mark of the mature man to live humbly for a cause‚ rather than die nobly for it. This is at odds with Holden’s ideas of becoming a "catcher in the rye‚" a heroic figure who symbolically saves children from "falling off a crazy cliff" and being exposed to the evils of adulthood. During the speech on life‚ Mr. Antolini has a number of "highballs‚" referring to a cocktail served in a highball

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    Identity Crises in The Catcher in The Rye and The Awakening Many of the world’s literary characters face struggles or crises of identity‚ either due to societal pressures or because of their personal lives. Holden Caulfield and Edna Pontellier‚ from the Catcher in the Rye and The Awakening‚ respectively‚ are not exceptions to this common theme. In both The Catcher in the Rye and The Awakening‚ the main protagonists‚ Holden and Edna‚ experience identity crises that stem mainly from their inability

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    students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues” (Ai Weiwei). Censorship regulates and sets standards for children’s literature. Restriction on literature such as “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger‚ prevents exposure to all types of literature which neutralizes society’s plan for increasing the all around rates of reading in students. Increasing these rates will benefit students with improvement on comprehension‚ interpretation

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    In literature as in life‚ people struggle with principles or beliefs they hold. In Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger we follow Holden Caulfield who is a college student who is afraid of becoming an adult. Those who are adults are considered “phonies” to him. Holden is a very closed in type character who can only stand a few people. Holden lost his brother when he was a child. This causes him not to want to lose his innocence. This in turn makes it so he has a problem with the world. This forces

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    It is evident that J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is a tale that remains just as relevant in today’s society as it was in the 1950’s. The novel’s primary character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ displays similarities that correlate so pertinently to the youth of today‚ such as his contemptuous opinions of individuals‚ his hedonistic take on life‚ and his overpowering desire to defy authority – which is‚ primarily in his case‚ education. Thus‚ it may seem strange to attribute the theme of innocence

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