Diagnosis of Holden Caulfield Holden Caulfield is a troubled 16 year-old teen who has just been expelled from his fourth school. He has a younger sister whom he deeply cares for‚ and a deceased younger brother. Also‚ Holden appears to isolate himself and has few social relationships with others. Over the past few days‚ Holden has been enraged by his roommates‚ avoided conflict with confronting his parents‚ been beaten up‚ contemplated suicide‚ and abused himself physically by smoking‚ drinking
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is then used to bring enlightenment to those around them. Aristotle defines the tragic hero as someone who has noble goals and ideas who is unable to achieve their goals due to their own flaws. There are many examples of tragic heroism in Holden Caulfield‚ the main character of The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Holden has several goals throughout the course of the novel but his progress is often interrupted by his hypocrisy‚ immaturity and his inability to see the beauty or meaning of life
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Depression can be caused by many different triggers including loss or death‚ which is identified in “Catcher in the Rye‚” a novel written by J.D Salinger. The protagonist; Holden Caulfield becomes seriously depressed to the point where he cannot deal with people and every day life around him. The author describes Holden as a person that does not care about where he goes with his life‚ but the one thing that gets in his way is depression‚ which causes him to be stressed and have a lot of issues. Plot/conflict
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violence; and a lack of guilt‚ shame and empathy. Sometimes‚ this illness is called psychopathy or sociopathy. Unfornately‚ Holden is a sociopath because he is deceitful‚ irresponsible and he lacks remorse for action that harm others.(56) Holden Caulfield is described as a really trouble six`teen-year-old boy who is telling a story about how he got expelled from Pencey Preparatory School. Holden is deceitful. Deceitfulness is defined as a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive or an
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or song that tells a popular story in short stanzas. The poem records a disaster from the thirteenth century.. The poem on your course tells the story of a knight‚ Sir Patrick Spens‚ who goes to sea on a mission for the king. Sir Patrick has to fetch the daughter of the king of Norway and sail with her to Scotland. As Sir Patrick Spens has to complete his mission in winter‚ he has a sense of doom about it. The poem tells the story‚ without any comment from the author about the events. The reader
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Obviously reading about Patrick Henry is like a flash back to the revolution era. His Speeches are one of the best in America because Patrick Henry motivates the people of Virginia to fight for liberty. That speech made him famous and nowadays he is in the History books . Truly‚ Patrick Henry is one of the greatest American authors because of his writing style and affect on history . “He spoke without any notes in a voice that became louder and louder‚ climaxing with the now famous
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Patrick Henry’s Famous 1775 Speech “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!” Patrick Henry respectably introduced his views on what action to take in regards of the conflict going on with Britain. Therefore‚ this would include preparing for war if they do not meet the colonists demands. He builds upon many rhetorical devices such as ethos by expressing his religious Christian passion. Patrick Henry’s influential style contributed to ending the British crowns exploitation of the thirteen colonies. Henry’s
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After more than 15 years of co-founding and heading up Greenpeace‚ Patrick Moore switched sides and views. Instead of the radical environmental activism that Greenpeace encompasses‚ Moore now focuses on how we can benefit humans while remaining as environmentally safe as possible. Patrick Moore was born in 1947 and raised in Winter Harbour‚ British Columbia‚ a fishing and logging village on the northwestern tip of Vancouver Island often referred to as the Pacific rainforest. His father was a
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Sammy Plezia 1/24/12 One Last Dance: Patrick Swayze By Wendy Leigh Biography of Patrick Swayze Published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment Patrick Swayze was born a fighter. He was born six weeks premature and his mother‚ Patsy‚ had a grueling child birth. None of the doctors or nurses knew if he was going to make it‚ but miraculously – baby Patrick survived. Patsy owned a dance studio in Houston‚ where Patrick supposedly learned to dance before he could walk. His father‚ who
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with the preachings of Saint Patrick. The Saint is said to have travelled all over the country spreading the word of Christ. It was at the hill of Tara‚ a mound in country Meath (considered the religious capital of Eire in ancient times) where he picked a three-leaf clover or shamrock to illustrate the doctrine of the Trinity. He made such an impression on the crowds that ever since the shamrock has been synonymous with Eire. One of the myths surrounding St. Patrick is that he is said to have
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