While reading the first half of the book of Tomas Rivera’s short story “And the Earth Did Not Devour Him‚” Rivera tells the story about a young boy who has severely struggled to understand how exactly he has lost a year in his life. Rivera starts the book with the boy thinking about when the last year began and ended. He experiences reality as well as memories as he tries to adjust his mind. So far‚ many themes of literature can be seen in the book including racism and education. I also noticed the
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In Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick‚ Maxwell’s mind is his biggest enemy. Maxwell lacks confidence in himself‚ is dependent on others and traumatized by his past. One way Maxwell’s mind is his biggest enemy is that he lacks confidence in himself. “Getting up in the class and saying stuff is not something I do.” All of the schools he has gone through‚ he has been placed in LD classes‚ at his house he is treated as a criminal just because of his infamous father‚ and socially he is an outcast.
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The originality and captivating writing of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao showcases the way that Junot Díaz enraptures his audience and makes them think. He makes readers consider the social norms and social classes in which they live. The namesake of the novel‚ Oscar Wao‚ is a Dominican nerd who struggles with his weight his whole life. Oscar dreams of finding love and becoming a successful science-fiction writer but both dreams fall short of his expectation since he never grows out of the
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Bildungsroman is a term which denotes a novel of self-development through education and formation within its coming-of-age. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Stephen Chbosky’s the Perks of Being a Wallflower both depict a main character that has a troubling and lonely life due to sudden changes in life which focuses on how the character can mentally and physically cope with it. The themes that are depicted in the novel include Alienation as a form of self-protection as Holden continually
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Christopher Lee 1/6/16 In the first few opening chapters of‚ Catcher In The Rye‚ we can conclude that Holden is a very immature character through his actions and the expression of his thoughts. We can see immaturity in him because he usually lies and calls other people phonies when he himself is a phony as well. Through the use of diction and detail‚ Salinger is able to delineate and hint at the immature personality in Holden. Salinger is able to portray Holden as an immature
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and Chicago by Carl Sandburg Sociological Analysis From the respective viewpoints from and within the Jungle by Upton Sinclair and the poem Chicago by Carl Sandburg‚ we can evaluate the differences between the externally affecting thoughts of the ignorant‚ the oppressed‚ the oppressors‚ and how the caused behaviors affect conditions in societies. The fictional facets of Upton Sinclair’s 1906 depiction of Chicago and the same of Carl Sandburg’s 1914 depiction catalyze
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reading and teaching‚ for the story still relates to the lives of today’s teenagers‚ introduces a unique writing style to its readers‚ and teaches its readers an important lesson about phoniness. Throughout the novel‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ attempts to catch innocent children before they fall off the cliff and die or before they lose their innocence and become a corrupt and phony adult. While doing so‚ he suffers isolation
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The Catcher in the Rye “This sentence I’m reading is terrific” I can be quite sarcastic when I’m in the mood (28) | Sarcasm is a typical teenage behavior that is funny to some‚ but annoying to others. In this sentence he uses sarcasm. | “Jane Gallagher‚” I said. I couldn’t get over it. “Jesus H. Christ.” (41) | Jane Gallagher is an important person in Holden’s life. As soon as he hears her name mentioned he gets happy. | He got leukemia and died when we were up in Maine‚ on July 18‚ 1946.
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In The Catcher in the Rye‚ author J.D. Salinger creates a timeless antihero who embodies flawed adolescent confusion and brash teenage skepticism. Holden Caulfield’s two hundred-page testimony to the reader—littered with his colloquial prose and cynical opinion—helps the audience understand his attitudes and identify his yearnings and tendencies. One of the best ways to capture Holden’s imagination—to really understand why he does what he does—is to examine the several daydreams and fantasies that
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Originality‚ is the ability to think independently and creatively. In the book anthem the character Equality 7-2521 faces many toils in his collectivistic society. Ever since Equality 7-2521 was born he has been more physically and mentally different than his brothers‚ but his collectivistic society has taught him that to be different is a sin. He tries to suppress his curiosity and transgressions but to no avail. Equality’s character traits such as individuality‚ intelligence and‚ compassion make
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