A lonely teenager walks in the empty streets of New York City‚ and countless thoughts run through his confused mind. His features include grey hair‚ a long jacket‚ and a tall presence‚ making him appear much older than he really is. But do these mature features really resemble this teenager’s inner heart or is he longing for the innocent past‚ a past he so desperately wants to maintain? In the book Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ the theme of innocence becomes an important aspect of this teenager’s
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Everybody feels depressed at some time or another in his or her lives. However‚ it becomes a problem when depression is so much a part of a person’s life that he or she can no longer experience happiness. In Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ the author develops the theme of Holden’s depression because it fully portrays Holden’s outlook on the ‘real’ world and life itself. The cause of Holden’s depression can be seen as his lack of personal motivation‚ his inability to self-reflect and his stubbornness
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A Merry Heart Goes All The Way A pessimist is a person who always expects the worst; an optimist is one who always hopes for the best. A pessimist is‚ therefore‚ a gloomy‚ depressed and depressing person; but an optimist is both cheery and cheering. His chief characteristic is cheerfulness; for even when the sky is dark he knows the sun will shine out again sooner or later. He tries to look on the bright side of things‚ and holds that every cloud has a silver lining. A cheerful man is
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The Story of an Hour: Discuss three examples AND kinds irony used in “The Story of an Hour.” Make sure to have one example of verbal irony‚ one of situational irony‚ and one of dramatic irony. One example of verbal irony in “A Story of an Hour” is the last sentence in the story which says “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of joy that kills” (DiYanni 41) This is verbal irony because it is written that she died of too much happiness to see her husband‚ whom she thought
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Jimmie Smith 10/01/14 English “The Story of an Hour” "In the Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin’s‚ is a powerful story about a woman‚ Mrs. Mallard who is given the horrible news that her husband has just passed away in a train accident. Devastated by her husband’s sudden death she excuses herself and immediately rushes to her bedroom. When she gets to the bedroom we see a different side of Mrs. Mallard. She is upset about her husband’s death‚ however; she is somewhat happy. This is why this story
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Sadness in Kate Chopin’s “The Locket” Kate Chopin’s “The Locket” is a short story only four pages long and broken into two sections‚ but filled with sadness. There are many factors in the story‚ from beginning to end‚ that display sad and sorrow that Kate Choplin‚ again and again‚ nailed home with imagery of the setting and personal experiences of the main characters Edmond and Octavie. Sadness appears right from the start in the first section with a gloomy setting of a war being waged and
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The definition of sadness is “feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy”. Everyone experiences sadness‚ In chapters one and two of Gathering Blue Kira personally experienced multiple moments of sadness. In the fiction novel‚ Gathering Blue‚ by Lois Lowry‚ the author creates certain moods in chapters one and two. One mood created was sadness. In chapters one and two the mood of sadness is shown when Kira is thinking about how her mother had died from a disease. After four sunsets and sunrises‚ it was
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Sadness is a normal emotional state‚ while depression is an abnormal emotional state. Sadness is generated by a problematic‚ upsetting‚ or disappointing experience or situation. In addition‚ sadness tends to fade away as the problem changes or vanishes. On the other hand‚ depression affects our everyday lives: the way we think‚ our emotions‚ our perceptions‚ and etc. Along with depression you lose interest‚ have trouble concentrating‚ cannot sleep at night‚ and much more. Consequently‚ it could be
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Suffrage‚ Spirituality‚ and Sadness in “Dover Beach” In Matthew Arnold’s poem “Dover Beach”‚ Arnold allows reader’s to enter a whole new world of wisdom. Arnold sets his poem on Dover‚ a cliff in South England. Arnold uses imagery to help readers perceive a sense of darkness‚ and horror. He also uses smooth and rhythmic words to set up the scene more effectively. Arnold creates a more powerful poem and conveys his message more efficiently by using themes found in Fahrenheit 451 such as suffrage
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emotions. There are many ways to express oneself and the most prenominate form is communication‚ but your emotional reaction to life is just as vital. The four basic emotions that a person will feel in his or her life time consist of‚ happiness‚ sadness‚ fear‚ and anger. Most people will explore every part of these emotions within themselves while‚ others will struggle to understand them. Emotions are a reaction to a persons environment as well as an expressive response to how you feel in your inner-self
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