Report and Review Psychology Introduction Go Ask Alice is a 1971 book about the life of a troubled teenage girl. The book continues its claim to be the actual diary of an anonymous teenage girl who became addicted to drugs. Beatrice Sparks is listed as the author of the book by the U.S. Copyright Office. The novel‚ whose title was taken from a line in the Grace Slick‚ penned Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit"‚ "go ask Alice/when she’s ten feet tall"‚ is presented as an anti-drug testimonial
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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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English 101 9 September 2014 The Truth About Maturity When is someone considered mature? Usually‚ the common answer to this question is when a person becomes an adult‚ or turns eighteen years old. But the poet‚ Samuel Ullman‚ declared his interpretation of maturity as follows: “Maturity is the ability to think‚ speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations
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Mastery of Maturity In life‚ there is a time when one loses his or her innocence‚ later resulting in new awakenings that cause an individual to see their world in a different view. Throughout the novel‚ Harper Lee illustrates the journey of two characters‚ Jem and Scout Finch‚ to adulthood. Scout‚ Jem‚ and their childhood friend‚ Dill‚ often mess around with their neighbor‚ Boo Radley. Boo is a mysterious man that isolates himself inside his house‚ but makes an appearance at the end of the book
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back.” I pulled a special gem out of my pocket and showed my sister. “Alice‚” she whispered seriously. “This is the rarest gem in all the country. I learned about it in science class.” “Are you sure about this?” I asked to clarify things. “Oh‚ Yes. I am definitely sure.” She took the gem from me and studied. “It even has the gold inside of it. I can see through the red crystal‚ and there is definitely gold inside of this. Alice‚” She said. “This treasure is worth more than I can even count!!” “Wow
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Romeo. Throughout the story‚ they mature a lot. They started the story a little bit childish‚ and sometimes they moved too fast‚ but soon both Romeo and Juliet matured into young adults. They matured together‚ and personally. First‚ Juliet shows maturity many times. Juliet is introduced as a young‚ innocent girl‚ but ends up as a woman in love with an opinion of her own. In the story‚ it stated‚ “ It is an honor that I dream not of.” Juliet was supposed to marry a man named Paris‚ but she told her
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On the surface‚ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland‚ by Lewis Carroll‚ appears to be a fantasy novel about an adolescent girl’s psychedelic dream. However‚ on a deeper level‚ the story symbolizes the process that every child goes through as he or she matures into adulthood. Alice’s journey through Wonderland‚ although it puts her life in danger at times‚ brings her a newly-discovered confidence and helps to solidify her identity into a more mature person and therefore escape from the fantasy dream-world;
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Alice faces many obstacles throughout her time in Wonderland. Most of them are because of the transition from childhood to becoming a young adult. Alice clearly represents the struggle children have when entering the world of adults. Also‚ Alice is trying to survive and understand who she is now because she doesn’t know who she is anymore. Like the Cheshire cat said: “Everyone in wonderland is mad‚ including you”. He meant that all adults are mad for children and Alice doesn’t believes that and she
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Beauty When the Dancer Is the Self “Beauty when the dancer is the self” written by Alice Walker is a well written and thought provoking essay that makes the reader reflect the meaning behind beauty. As a young child Walker lost vision in one of her eyes and in doing so lost her confidence and self-esteem. The essay is made up of different memories that come together to tell her personal story of how she learned to accept herself and her abnormality. As a little girl Walker thought beauty was in
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