When one both reads Catcher in the Rye and sees Rebel Without a Cause‚ he or she can’t help but wonder if the writers‚ Nicholas Ray and J.D. Salinger‚ somehow knew each other‚ or if one writer copied the ideas of the other. Jim Stark and Holden Caulfield‚ the two main characters of the stories‚ have so much in common that if they ever met one another‚ they would immediately become friends. The main theme that applies to both works is teenage rebellion. Holden and Jim seem to get into trouble often
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Protagonist Holden Caulfield faces many events that make him feel that life is just a depressing way of living. Each opportunity Holden achieves he somehow finds a way to mess it up. In Holden’s perspective life seems really unfair to him. Ever since his little brother died‚ life turned upside down for him. Since the day Holden left school he went through many tough events that made him go back into the past. Holden does not want to grow up. Holden`s personality is very unique. In fact Holden`s
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Joan of Arc is a Roman Catholic Saint‚ and is considered a heroine for France. At the mere age of 13‚ Joan was spoken to by a voice‚ which is believed to be God‚ and is encouraged to join the French army to fight against England. In doing so‚ she won many battles for the French‚ but was soon met with a trial‚ in which she was essentially accused of being a mystic‚ and not performing in the proper way of a woman in relation to how she dressed. It is here that I must question‚ what exactly is performing
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Salinger is given from the perspective of the main character‚ Holden Caulfield. Although the story goes into a considerable amount of detail the reader is not led to believe every part of the story because Holden presents himself as a self-avowed liar‚ and therefore he cannot be trusted. This greatly hinders the reader’s ability to gather valid information and put together their own perspective of Holden’s story. Since Holden Caulfield is the narrator of the novel the reader loses many aspects of the
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The following essay refers to the novel "The Catcher in the Rye"by J.D Salinger and how Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has affected the main character Holden Caulfield. Holden is a teenager who lives in New York and has been expelled from three schools‚ including the last one he is attending‚ because he does not commit himself to his studies. The novel is a narrative and describes three days from Holden’s life. He does not seem to be able to relate to adults‚ which is why he is comfortable when he
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Welty P.2 The Catcher in the Rye consists of many events in regards to the main protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ not accepting the unconditional love given to him by a series of characters throughout the novel. For the information the book provides‚ Holden is a sensitive teenager that has many psychological and social problems. Could he have PTSD? Sure he
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"Joan of Arc‚" was painted by the French realist artist Jules Bastien-Lepage in 1879. "After the province of Lorraine was lost to Germany following the Franco-Prussian War in 1821‚ The Frenchmen saw in Joan of Arc a new and powerful symbol. In 1875‚ Bastien-Lepage‚ a native of Lorraine began to make studies for a picture of her. In the present painting‚ exhibited in the Salon of 1880‚ Joan is shown receiving her revelation in her parents garden. Behind her are Saints Michael‚ Margaret‚ and Catherine
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The Expedition of Holden Caulfield In many novels‚ the title provides the significance of the book even if the reader does not know it yet. In the movie Spiderman‚ Peter Parker embarks on a journey to provide justice to his community after his uncle dies from a robber stabbing him. The death of his grandfather and Peter’s new responsibility with the powers he has as Spiderman help him on his journey to become a superhero. He faces many challenges by using his superhuman powers for the right purposes
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figure or at least have an inspiration from them. HBO’s Game of Thrones female characters can be easily defined as any historical female icons. Take for instance‚ Joan of Arc: When she was about 16‚ the voices exhorted her to bear aid to the dauphin‚ later King Charles VII‚ then kept from the throne by the English in the Hundred Years War. Joan won the aid of Robert de Baudricourt‚ captain of the dauphin’s forces in Vaucouleurs‚ in obtaining an interview with the dauphin. She made the journey in male
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Hello‚ I’m Joan Baez. I was born on January 9‚ 1941‚ and I am currently 72 years old. I originate as a notable folk songrwriter/artist from the “Counter Culture” Era of the 1960’s. Initially‚ “folk music” drew form some of the black musical traditons of the South‚ from the white country music of Appalachia. The folk-music tradition expanded to include the song styles - particularly the blues - of Southern blacks‚ and to the extents of Native American pow-pow‚ Mexican-American tejano‚ and Cajun
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