Catcher in the Rye Chapters 1-7 Journal entry a) Plot Development 1) Exposition Holden Caulfield is a 17-year-old adolescent and the protagonist of the novel. He describes the events occurring in 2 days around Christmas time of the previous year. He gets expelled from the Pencey prep school for failing in four subjects. He narrates what happened after he had left the school and why he had left it two days earlier than scheduled day. 2) Conflict This boy has an ongoing process of conflict
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5. Act 1: 1st Entry; I am still in morn. My father’s death came as to a shock to me. The cause of his death is unknown‚ which leaves me curious as to what really happened. It has been one month since his death and my father’s brother; Claudius‚ is to be married to my mother. How can this be‚ after only one month? My father was a good man; loyal‚ trusting and good at heart. Does my mother realize? How can she already remarry‚ especially to her own brother? I don’t understand how they could already
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Dear Diary‚ This is my last entry before I die‚ so I thought I would try to sum up my life. When I was two‚ I remember running my fingers through my hair and whole patch of thin hair drifted to the floor. I got so scared and I woke my mum up and told her what happened. Like any loving mother she got frightened and took me to the doctors straight away. I was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia. I didn’t know this when I was two. I didn’t know about the effects it would have on my life
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Stephanie Buddys or not‚ Ralph and Piggys relationship fluctuates from big differences to being practically the same person. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies there are similarities and differences in the relationship between Ralph and Piggy. Ralph is fit while Piggy is not‚ also no one likes Piggy but everyone likes Ralph. One similarity is that they both stuck together in the same group. Ralph and Piggy’s relationship is different since Ralph is fit and Piggy isn’t. For example in the book
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and to keep their sanity. Throughout the novel‚ Golding hints at the horrors soon to arise‚ including Piggy’s death‚ Simon’s death‚ and the boys transforming into savages. One of the first events that is foreshadowed in the novel is Piggy’s death. Piggy is the weakest character on the island. He has health problems including: his weight‚ bad eyesight‚ and “ass-mar”. He is “the voice of reason” on the island‚ yet no one listens to him‚ except Ralph. One scene that foreshadows Piggy’s death is when
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As I Lay Dying journal entries By: Roberto Boponti Cash My first impression of Cash was that he was a hardworking man. He spent most of the day working on the coffin for his mother. He seemed very selfless as he worked constantly on his mother’s coffin. Although the fact that he was building the coffin right outside his mothers window was somewhat disturbing to me. I would not want to watch a man build my coffin. To Cash this coffin was his last present to his dying mother and he wanted it to
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include contributing to the common good of the community. Piggy is a perfect embodiment of this key trait. During the fierce dispute between Jack and Ralph over supremacy‚ Jack asks the group of boys to vote Ralph out of the leadership position‚ however they refuse to do so. Enraged‚ Jack leaves and announces that if anyone would like to join him‚ they are welcome to. Following Jack’s departure‚ Piggy was more than delighted. In fact‚ Piggy was so “… full of delight and expanding liberty in Jack’s
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Jack and Piggy‚ who respectfully represent savagery and civilization by the book’s finale through their behaviors. Piggy is logical and authoritarian‚ while Jack is primal and violent. Jack and Piggy teach us that ultimately‚ savagery will always overthrow civilization. As savagery takes logic away from civilization‚ savagery overcomes civilization. Logic is represented by Piggy’s glasses‚ an object to properly understand events. Jack breaks Piggy’s glass by slamming his head after Piggy berates
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Entry II: Day 1 Today’s events have left me thinking a bit. After we got back from exploring the island‚ Ralph assembled another meeting to spread our new discoveries. We realized everyone would not stop talking at once‚ so Ralph decided that whoever holds the conch has the right to talk and can only be interrupted by Ralph himself. Great idea at first‚ until that fat‚ useless oaf Piggy took it. He wouldn’t stop worrying and whining about getting rescued. Ralph said it himself‚ his dad’s a navy
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Dear Journal‚ I am stranded on a desert island with a group of rude and immature boys‚ and no responsible human being knows I am here. The atmosphere of the island is not very good for my asthma. It is hot and humid‚ so it’s hard to breathe‚ and I can’t even go swimming to cool off‚ because my Auntie says I can’t on account of my asthma. The first boy I met on this island was Ralph‚ who seems completely disinterested in everything I say. The only thing that caught his interest was when I told
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