My Last Reflection of The Year My countdown to life began during my Sophomore years when I was going through the depression of my grandfathers death (RIP). It was sudden and unexpected. This forced me to realize how easy and fragile life is. It was from that point on that I decided to live everyday not only as if it were my last day of high school‚ but as if it were the last day of my life. I try my hardest to take my own advice and not think about my regrets in regards to the past‚ but instead
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The Catcher in the Rye - An analysis of the novel The Catcher in the Rye is published by the American author J.D Sallinger in 1951. The story is about a teenager Holden Caufield’s turbulent last few days before his Christmas vacation. During these days‚ Holden leaves Pency Prep‚ a boys’ school he has been kicked out of and takes off for a few nights alone in New York City. Through this story‚ he tells about his mental problems and gets some flashbacks to remember his experiences. The story begins
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what he needs. He is out of control‚ which is proven by finding out at the end of the novel that he has been telling this story from his room in the mental hospital. He has been through some traumatizing moments in the past few days‚ which is the last thing that he needs‚ and he is becoming desperate to find someone that can rescue him. Phoebe helps Holden a little at the time by stopping him from running away and becoming a deaf-mute. He is so unstable at the time that he does not even realize
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The Catcher in the Rye In J.D. Salinger’s‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ struggles to find his place in life. As an adolescent‚ he finds no good left in the adult world that soon will face him. Throughout his struggles‚ he realizes that people are nothing more than phonies‚ money worshipers‚ and egocentrics. People in the world become satisfied with money and material objects‚ while Holden finds anger in such things. Although it is hard to see‚ he does find happiness
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novel comes from a moment in which he realizes that “non-phony” connection is possible. After Holden’s breakdown reaches its climax he decides that running away is his only option to escape the ugliness that plagues the world. However‚ Phoebe‚ his last remaining anchor to reality‚ insists that if he runs aways she will go too. Holden‚ in a first sign of emotional maturity‚ realizes his effect on another and decides to stay. In return‚ Phoebe forgives him and returns to him his infamous red
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The Last Lesson by Alphonse Daudet SUMMARY The Last Lesson is a story set in Alsace‚ a territory that was disputed over by France and Germany. At the time of the story France was defeated by Prussia led by Bismarck. The French districts of Alsace and Lorraine had passed into Prussian hands. An order had come from Berlin that only German was to be taught in the schools of these districts. the author‚ Alphonse Daudet‚ brings out the effect of this order on the people of Alsace through this story
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novel explores the process from a different perspective. Holden Caulfield is an unusual protagonist for supporting this theme because his central goal is to resist the process of maturity itself. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ Holden’s last name Caulfield literally symbolizes caul‚ the membrane enveloping the head of a child at birth." Holden fears change and is overwhelmed by complexity. Holden desires everything to be easily understandable and eternally fixed. During a visit to the
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Catcher and The Bell Jar " Two Coming of Age Novels While J.D. Salinger ’s The Catcher in the Rye and Sylvia Plath ’s The Bell Jar are two entirely different novels with different themes at first glance‚ both tell tales of teenagers who are coming of age and learning responsibility. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield has been kicked out of school and is trying to decide what he wants to do with his life. In The Bell Jar‚ Esther Greenwood tries to kill herself and is trying to figure out
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J. D. Salinger explores the theme of immaturity vs. maturity in The Catcher in the Rye‚ exemplifying this discord through an internal conflict of the narrator Holden Caulfield. Salinger consistently characterizes Caulfield as a teenager rebellious against the common banalities that entail the responsibilities and duties of being an adult in everyday English society. Particularly‚ Salinger articulates Caulfield’s disapproval of the societal expectations of adults through the word “phony” and its respective
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Character Profile Report I read an amazing book called The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane. This is the second book in the series. It is about a 12-year old kid‚ named Tom‚ becoming an apprentice for the county spook. The spook’s job is to help the people in the county get rid of ghosts‚ ghasts‚ boggarts‚ and other creatures from the dark. Tom is special because he is the seventh son of a seventh son. Usually‚ the oldest son gets the most important jobs‚ and in the end‚ inherits the farm. Tom’s
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