PHONY? Holden Caulfield has terrible habit of calling everyone a phony and he himself often behaves like a prophet or a saint‚ pointing out people flaws or as he sees it the phoniness in the world around him. Holden is not nearly as perfect as he pretends/wants to be. Many times throughout the novel he displays his phoniness and hypocrisy. Holden struggles with finding who he wants to be and searching for companionship. He has been kicked out of several schools for his own actions‚ which he refuses
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you think it is necessary to lie rather than to tell the truth. Sometimes you think a lie is easier for someone to handle rather than the cold hard truth. The next lie Ericsson talks about is facades or mask we all have pretend we are in a good mood when really deep down inside you just want to scream. A Facades is a lie that can also be devastating to whom is being lied to; you think someone you’ve known and trust is who they really say they are but in reality
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Section 6 Study Questions (9.0 points) Answer each question fully. Complete sentences are not necessary. Lesson 1 (3.0 points) 1. What is a pure risk? (0.5 points) A risk of something negative happening‚ with no possibility of profit or gain. 2. Why do people take speculative risks? (0.5 points) Some people want to make money like in the stock market that’s a speculative risk because you never know when the stock market will go up or down. 3. What is meeting the
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that led to someone getting hurt.” The cyberbullies say mean stuff which causes teens to be depressed and want to commit suicide. The bully will be held responsible for putting thoughts in teen’s heads which causes suicide. As you may know‚ most kids are on social media. In fact nine out of 10 kids are on social media‚ to connect with family and friends. But‚ sadly there are people who invade on teens accounts and their privacy. These people are cyberbullies who pretend to be someone else. Fake identification
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I believe convention is very simply what people around you identify as “normal”. Defying convention could simply be what makes you abnormal or “different” in people’s eyes‚ but since no two people are the same‚ I do not think that this definition gives the word “defy” enough credit. Truly defying convention is more than just not being identical to other people‚ but daring to be different not only in easy situations‚ but also in situations where defying convention may put you at odds with society
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shame‚ but whoever heeds correction is honored. （谦卑）Pride goes before destruction‚ a haughty spirit before a fall. （谦卑）A man’s pride brings him low‚ but a man of lowly spirit gains honor. （谦卑）Let another praise you‚ and not your own mouth; someone else‚ and not your own lips. （宽容）A fool shows his annoyance at once‚ but a prudent man overlooks an insult. （宽容）It is to a man’s honor to avoid strife‚ but every fool is quick to quarrel. （宽容）Hatred stirs up dissension‚ but love covers
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becomes our second nature. Almost involuntary. I think that at least once in our lives we all try becoming someone. Or try to pretend to be someone we are not. Just to be accepted. Just to fit in. But very rarely do we teenagers stop and think about what we are actually doing. About how we are losing our real selves while trying to be someone else. Someone we will never be. More importantly someone we don’t have to be. I think that at this tender age we fear to stand alone or to be left out. So we do
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relief. 4. I believe Jimmy uses this excuse to justify actions and behavior of ordinary men and sometimes even boy’s place an extraordinary and incredibly stressful situations. It excuses him because he falls into the same category of everyone else in the same situation. There are times when men regardless of differences can come together because they all understand a common thread. On the other hand Jimmy’s ranking of Lieutenant places him in a position of leadership and the tie that holds and
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the worst sin would be not saying “Hi” to a passerby. After this she describes how different New York City was from her homestat. It is here she includes what she refers to as the law of New Yorkers: “PRETEND IT ISN’T HAPPENING”. Whenever something odd happens in the public space‚ you simply pretend it isn’t happening. In the essay she presents several ezamples of strange people dpoing strange things - and every single one who is spectator‚ simply minding their own business. But Siri is a little
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and constant cell phone use. This may be caused by the newness of the device or by an emotional problem that makes them use the cell phone to isolate from others who surround them. Or‚ it might be that the increasing use of the cell phone by everyone else causes the person to get one of their own."[1] More often than not; people use cellphones to pull themselves away from a crowd or ring themselves to get out of an uneasy situation/conversation where they have to confront themselves emotionally. Text
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