The Catcher in the Rye Rough draft Essay Prompt: One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in a novel or a drama struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seek to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in your essay how the author uses their power struggles to enhance the meaning of the work. (2005 Form B) In the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ Salinger demonstrates the struggles
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Verbal visual essay The front page is a VVE on the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D.Salinger. In the middle of the picture you can see a blindfolded scarecrow wearing an red hunting hat and am red scarf‚ this is the protagonist of the novel‚ Holden Caulfield. Holden is placed in the middle because the novel is surrounding him‚ the red hunting hat his wearing represent his uniqueness and protecting him from others. The blindfold has the same meanign‚ he doesn’t want to see the reality of the
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In the dynamic novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye created by J.D. Salinger‚ portrayed Holden as a dishonest boy with sloth‚ pride‚ and wrath that caused trouble for him. With this thought in mind‚ Holden did not care to apply himself in school; soon you see sloth in him and his grades suffer because of that. Holden wrote about his life‚ school‚ and how he failed most of his classes. He even said‚ “I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself and all. They gave me frequent warning to start applying
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A book is a beautiful thing. They give us sanity and imagination. Books take us to a place of many wonders. So why get rid of them? The beloved author Ray Bradbury creates a New York Times bestseller Fahrenheit 451‚ a fictional future when books are outlawed and burned. The book shows how absent-minded humans can be without books. How unimaginative we are without them. Another author‚ Bernard Malamud‚ once wrote a story named A Summer’s Reading. This story talks about a young man who has dropped
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A psychological breakdown is like a hole. Once you fall in‚ it is hard to climb out. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden’s view of the world remains the same‚ however‚ the world around him changes. Holden’s self-isolation and the realization that he cannot save childhood innocence leads to his breakdown. Holden isolates himself from becoming close with another person as a source of self-protection‚ which ultimately plays a negative impact on his psychological state. While talking to
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Tobias Wolff‚ author of the short story “Hunters in the Snow”‚ uses multiple elements of fiction such as suspense‚ conflict and mystery to create said story. All of which come together to create a remarkable‚ intriguing‚ and eye opening story for the reader to enjoy and ponder over for a substantial amount of time after finishing. The element of mystery becomes most apparent during the beginning stages of the story when the main characters are being introduced. With minimal details and no background
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Holden Caulfield’s past events have affected his present actions‚ attitudes‚ and values of character in both positive and negative values. Some many notable past events that affected him in the future without him knowing were; when he didn’t take Pencey seriously and got kicked out of it for his grades‚ also when him and Jane were close friends and Stradlater brings her up‚ also when he gets a prostitute ordered to his house‚ and lastly when his little brother dies from an illness. All these past
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Catcher in the Rye Lauryn Altman The initial publisher of Catcher in the Rye thought Holden Caulfield was insane. In the story “Catcher in the Rye” by‚ J.D. Salinger‚ Holden was a 16 year old boy who kept being sent to different boarding schools. He had gotten kicked out of a few‚ before wanting to run away and not go back to the schools. His reason for being kicked out is because everyone in his schools were phony and he did not like it. Holden and society are a misfit‚ but Holden is
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"Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls‚" - Gabriel de Riqueti. He said this during the beginning of the French Revolution and was most likely talking about the evil injustices of the government. How ever this is true also when talking about Gene and Finny‚ Gene is consistently trying and failing to find fault in his flawless best friend Phineas. This begs the question of is Gene truly evil? In the novel A Separate Peace‚ Gene is inherently evil‚ because
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Just like someone said: Your character is your destiny. It decided one’s sense of worth and the ways of thinking and attitude. So‚ what are the great flaws in the character of main characters and how this lead Gatsby walk into the depths of despair? Let’s start from Gatsby. Gatsby is a typical representative who tries all his life to pursue “the American dream”. First of all‚ what he followed is not “reality principle” but “pleasure principle”. That means ephemeral and harmful pleasant sensation
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