10* Honors English Innocent and Corrupt Characters The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a classical coming of age novel that deals with a youth’s mental adjustment to a modern world. Holden Caulfield‚ Salinger’s troubled protagonist‚ has a flawed view of the world where youth and integrity fights maturity and corruption. Salinger explores this dichotomy using a variety of motifs and symbols. In this novel‚ Salinger denotes innocence by the way Holden views a variety of characters.
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Christopher Columbus is guilty for manslaughter. In 1492 Columbus sailed here claiming to discover America. Columbus took advantage of the people he called Indians. They were unclothed people and to him that represented that they had no customs‚ culture or religion. In his journal he said “I believe that they would become Christians very easily‚ for it seemed to me that they had no religion.”1 To Columbus the Indians appeared defenseless‚ easy to trick and conquer because they had no experience
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Soldier Island. How shall you plea “ Guilty of the murder of ten people”. Now to say the people on the island were guilty themselves. He knew he had done wrong and therefore killed himself as well. Knowing all those people died for no other reason but someone else’s enjoyment is wrong and Wargrave is guilty. Ever since Judge Lawrence Wargrave was a child he had a thing for seeing and causing death. He had a tormented mind. He himself could not kill the innocent for that was his tragic flaw. So he
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Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb stand guilty of the motiveless and random murder of fourteen year-old Bobby Franks in August of 1924. Intellectual and wealthy‚ the criminals stand to gain nothing from the senseless slaughter‚ yet commit the act nonetheless. Neither boy denies the killing‚ as their defense attorney Clarence Darrow pleads guilty on their behalf. Yet despite guilt‚ the trial continues‚ as Darrow fights the proposal of capital punishment for the two boys. Throughout his entire career
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Theft Asif is liable for theft. This can be seen in the Theft Act 1968 amended by Theft Act 1978. Under s.1 (1) Theft Act 1968‚ ‘A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.’ However the Actus reus and the Mens rea have to be taken into account when dealing with Theft. The Actus reus is appropriating property belonging to another. The Mens rea is dishonesty and intention to permanently deprive
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provoke the ill will of the official‚ it would have been different with him‚ and his sight might have been purged if not sharpened. As it was‚ innocence was his blinder.” (17.4) This passage can make the reader realize that Billy was indeed not guilty of this crime. A person so kind and happy committing this kind of crime could not be possible. Billy did not have any intentions on hurting anyone‚ he was provoked by Claggart. Claggart was the type of person to start problems and since he did not
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The mind can only hold off a guilty conscience for a short time before it becomes all consuming. Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking through her castle when a Doctor and a Gentlewoman see her. Lady Macbeth is seen washing her hands when she says “Out‚ damned spot! Out I say‚” (5.1.37). This quote suggests that Lady Macbeth is attempting to wash out a blood stain on her hands that in reality is not there. While the actual murder is the fault of her husband‚ she knows her hunger for power and her influence
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than acknowledging that there are other options. How many times have we all witness something that was not right‚ but choose to look the other way and ignore? Does this make us guilty? I strongly think that it depends on the circumstances. For instance‚ growing up and living in an underserved community‚ I myself have been guilty on failing to report unacceptable behaviors that I have witness. However‚ I don’t think of myself of an evil person by failing to interfere. Knowing what the people who lived
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Hoàng Cao Khai‚ as he writes to his friend‚ Phan Đình Phùng is trying to convince his friend to give up; the French will eventually win. He tries to persuade him by repeatedly telling him how his actions will affect the whole country‚ not just him. Although Khai agrees with some of Phung’s allegiance and loyalty to their country and he doesn’t believe that his friend will ever give up due to his morals and ties to Vietnam. “At the time when the capital was lost and after the royal carriage had departed
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Com 330 February 4‚ 2013 Critical Reaction Paper 1 “Everybody’s Guilty” Critical Reaction Summary In “ Everybody’s Guilty – The Ecological Dilemma‚ “ author and professor of Human Ecology at University of California‚ Santa Barbara‚ Garrett Hardin‚ explains the current issue with invisible reverberations. Hardin calls attention to the readers about how innocent actions by individuals can inflict on the environment. “ We all acquiesce in the system of arrangements and practices that has created
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