May 7 2012 Phoebe Caulfield : The True Catcher in the Rye Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye reveals a teenager’s dramatic struggle against death and growing up. The book is composed of stories after the protagonist Holden Caulfield’s expulsion from a private school. He leaves school early to explore New York before returning home‚ interacting with teachers‚ prostitutes‚ nuns‚ an ex-girlfriend and his sister along the way. We characterize Holden as an innocent child that possesses an ideal fantasy
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societies judgements are esthetic‚ conventional and norm based‚ they are irrational. There is a irrationality of convention. For instance‚ a society creates these symbols. These symbols essentially begin to oppress one another. They also determine one’s behavior‚ but there is no rational basis for doing many of the things one does‚ like wearing black at a funeral especially under the sun. Irrationality is present in this novel when assuming everyone has to love their parents. Society believes Meursault
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In Antigone‚ Sophocles positions the readers to condemn Creon as a misogynist. In Antigone‚ Creon is the newly appointed ruler of Thebes‚ and after banishing all burial rights to Antigone’s brother‚ Polynices‚ Antigone refuses to obey this order and buries him anyway. Creon is pitted against Antigone who holds up the will of the gods and the honor of her family above all else‚ and thus he appears to be against these values. His behavior‚ however‚ suggests otherwise. He aggressively preaches the
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This primary source analysis will focus on an account describing the hostile confrontation of French Huguenots unwillingly trapped inside a house by a Catholic Parisian mob on the night of 4 September 1557‚ Saint-Jacques street in Paris. The document titled ‘Affray in the rue Saint-Jacques‚ September 1557’ is a 1996 English translation by historian Robert J. Knecht (in the second edition of his compilation of sources French Renaissance Monarchy: Francis I and Henry II) of the French Calvinist theologian
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Government-Mandated Benefits: When most people hear the term ‘employee benefits’‚ they think of things like health insurance‚ vacation time. Employee benefits are much more than that though. According to Merriam-Webster’s definition of the word ‘benefit’… a benefit is a service or right provided by an employer in addition to wages or salary. Some of these ‘services’ or ‘rights’ are government mandated and companies are required by law to provide them to their employees. So while you may choose to
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main assumptions of marginal utility theory is the dogma that consumers are capable of rational decision-making and to maximize their utility under the conditions of limited income‚ given set of prices and constant tastes. The inconsistencies‚ irrationalities or any peculiar forms of consumers’ behaviors can be disregarded on the basis of law of large numbers. Law of large numbers affirms that by taking an increasingly larger quantity of samples‚ a closer true average of the sample population can be
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our grace‚ our love‚ our benison.” (Act I‚ Sc I‚ Ln 265-267) Lear’s blindness also caused him to banish one of his loyal followers‚ Kent. Kent was able to see Cordelia’s true love for her father‚ and tried to protect her from her blind father’s irrationality. As the play progressed‚ Lear’s eyesight reached closer to 20/20 vision. He realized how wicked his two eldest daughters really were after they locked him out of the castle during a tremendous storm. More importantly‚ Lear saw through Cordelia’s
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integrity throughout the play. Othello’s nobility cannot be doubted at the beginning of the play‚ however as he descends into madness we see him lose all sense of reason and ultimately become a copy of him manipulator‚ in terms of language and irrationality. On the other hand‚ the females in Othello‚ all show integrity throughout
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stated‚ "I never see a nigger that was a better nuss or faithfuller‚ and yet he was risking his freedom to do it "(286). Although Mark Twain portrayed the natural strength in Jim through his courage‚ he also illustrated weakness through Jim’s irrationality. Furthermore‚ Jim displayed heroic qualities when he helped the doctor take care of Tom. His action was considered heroic because Jim could have escaped in look for freedom and let Tom suffer. The book states‚ “Out crawls this nigger….done it
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Shakespeare’s play Hamlet‚ while being an inherently visual work‚ lacks detailed stage directions‚ and instead consists mainly of dialogue. This ambiguity in Shakespeare’s intention for the space in which the play is to be presented is interesting because it allows directors and actors wide latitude with which to create a setting that accurately represents the tone and themes found within the dialogue of the play. However‚ the setting of the play is often irrelevant to portraying Hamlet’s themes
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