Pencey Prep is a boarding school for boys located in Agerstown‚ Pennsylvania that Holden was attending at the beginning of the novel. It is the fourth school Holden has attended and is later the fourth school he is kicked out of because of his poor marks. Pencey Prep is where the reader is able to get their first glance of Holden’s lonesome character‚ strong opinion of phonies and the fact that he does not apply himself as he fails four out of five classes. At Pencey Prep‚ the theme of “alienation
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"The six of us—me‚ Fang‚ Iggy‚ Nudge‚ the Gasman‚ and Angel—were made on purpose‚ by the sickest‚ most horrible ’scientists’ you could possibly imagine." This line shows that Max is part of a big family of genetically engineered kids who have become her family in the story. The whole book has a reoccurring theme that family is the most important thing we have in this life. I think the best theme could be identified as “Family will always come through for you.” I think this story is a great
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Reader Response- “Streetcar Named Desire” Stella Kowalski is one of the main characters in the Tennessee William’s‚ “ A Streetcar Named Desire”. She is presented as a woman who has an older sister Blanch and a husband named Stanley. She is often overlooked in the play because of her husband Stanley and her sister Blanche are much more dynamic. However‚ Stella plays an important role that without her‚ Stanley and Blanche who are considered‚ as two major characters of the play throughout the story
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Rain Man Section 1: Rain Man starts off with a pompous self-centered business man named Charlie Babbitt. Charlie is in deep water trying to save his business when he receives a phone call alerting him that his father has passed away. He returns to his hometown Cincinnati for the funeral with his business associate/lover Susanna. Charlie tells Susanna that his mother had died when he was two‚ his father showed him minimal affection‚ and when he was scared he had an imaginary friend named Rain Man
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Serena Jameka Williams was born on September 26‚ 1981 in Saginaw‚ Michigan. Her parents are Richard and Oracene William’s. Serena was the youngest out of five girls. Serena and her sister Venus both participated in tennis while growing up. Serena’s father was a sharecropper from Louisiana. He read books and watched videos to teach Serena and Venus how to play. When Serena turned three she practiced for two hours on a court not far from her whome with her father. Serena’s father Richard Williams moved
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He woke up in a rock hard bed in a small wooden house in Minneapolis. "Another day‚ another dime‚" thought George as he was getting dressed. He marched up the stairs to see his adoptive parents fighting about money. "We’ve been robbed again‚" said Fred‚ George’s adoptive father. Debra‚ George’s adoptive mother‚ was bawling her eyes out‚ "We almost had enough to send you to college”. George took a look at the morning newspaper. "Heir of wealthiest king in the world to be named at 5pm‚" George read
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Island Man by Grace Nichols Q. How does the writer create a sense of place in this poem? In your answer you should consider: The poet’s descriptive writing The poet’s choice of language The poet’s use for form and structure The themes explored in Island man by Grace Nichols are Cultural identity. The difficulty of belonging to 2 cultures‚ feeling separated from home and not being able to distinguish dream from reality. The man’s reluctance to come round to his present life in London is emphasised
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STORY NO. 1 The rapper Robert Rahmeek Williams‚ better known by his stage name Meek Mill‚ he’s a rapper from Philadelphia. He has been signed to Rick Ross Maybach music group and previously Ti Grand Hustle Records. The canadian rapper‚ singer‚ songwriter‚ and actor Aubrey Drake Graham who was born in Toronto‚ Ontario records under the mononym. There’s a beef that starts between these two as I’m going to explain. It all starts when Meek Mill throws shade at Drake because he felt Drake failed to support
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“Rain Man” The Rain Man stars Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. The movie was made in 1988. The movie is about an autistic man named Raymon‚ who is a idiot savant played by Dustin Hoffman and his fast‚ talking self absorbed‚ egocentric brother Charlie Babbitt‚ who is played by Tom Cruise. A egocentric person is a person with the simple recognition that every living thing views the world from a unique‚ self-oriented perspective(LIFE: Inherently Egocentric written by James Craig
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Kaleb Lopez was the new kid at Oklahoma High school. After his father lost his job in New York Kaleb and his family were forced to move to Oklahoma where they stayed with Kaleb’s grandparents. After moving schools in the middle of the semester‚ Kaleb found it hard to make new friends. Every time Kaleb would try to make a new friend‚ he would begin to sweat as if someone was holding a heat lamp over him. The first time Kaleb tried to talk to someone he actually had to ring out his shirt from all the
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