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    fear their friends and families leaving when they grow out of their transition from childhood to adulthood. Holden Caulfield’s life is revolving around his anxiety of abandonment in J.D. Salinger’s novel‚ Catcher in the Rye. Holden’s apprehension of desertion springs from his inability to maintain friendships‚ incompetence to deal with his feelings‚ and incapability to cope with the pain of missing people. Holden Caulfield’s withdraw from society stems from his feeling of abandonment through his

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    discussing the poem‚ we split into small groups to explore how the community felt about this certain woman. I was with Anthony and Sho and together we discussed how our characters were going to react. We decided that Sho and I are a married couple who own a fruit and vegetables and we were not only very religious but also very firm in thinking the woman was a witch.Anthony decided that to put some contrast in our exploration‚ he would be a farmer who disagreed with us and said “no‚ she isn’t a witch”.We

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    Aristotle on education – why does he think it is important? Why does he think the curriculum should be roughly as he says? “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) The hardest mountains to climb in life are the mountains we create. A humans ability to reason can be both the making and breaking of any man‚ woman‚ child and community. We learn to train our ability to reason through education‚ habits‚ and life experience

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    Independence and Adulthood I was nourished with love from my umbilical cord in my mother’s warm womb‚ spoon fed when I was able to feed and hand held when I could walk; I was akin to my parents from my conception‚ as I was their child. But‚ soon I was riding a bicycle by myself while my father stood and watch‚ I was placed on the school bus by myself while my mother waved me goodbye‚ in less than a year‚ my parents together will send me off to school by myself. From a tender age‚ still being a mere

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    Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger there are many insights about Holden Caulfield revealed by symbols‚ which would otherwise remain unclear. School‚ the checkerboard‚ the museum‚ and cigarettes and alcohol are all symbolic of Holden. These symbols tell us things about Holden that he doesn’t tell us straight out. This essay will discuss many symbols in the book and what they tell us about Holden. The checkerboard is referred to a lot when Holden is thinking of his old friend Jane Gallagher. The checkerboard

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    from the novel Night and Holden Caulfield from the novel The Catcher in the Rye. Throughout the stories the two young men experience the hard parts of life and learn how to face them. To cope with someone or something the two characters faced a transformation that would mark their lives. In the two books our protagonists learn how to approach life in the hardest moments. In the novel Night‚ Eliezer Wiesel had from a calm normal life until and was never ambiguous about what he wanted to do‚ until one

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    word authentic comes to my mind‚ I think of something that is legit or original such as a brand of clothing or shoes. However‚ when the words authentic teen character comes to mind‚ I think of someone who represents the stereotypical teen of that generation in which he/she lives in. In the book The Catcher In The Rye‚ Holden Caulfield‚ a teenage boy that gets kicked out of Pencey High School‚ is introduced to us. After he gets kicked out of the high school‚ Holden makes a journey back to return to

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    and adults‚ the most intriguing ones are their outlook on life‚ the attention to self appearance or vanity‚ and marriage. A child’s view on life is simple; and they always seem to see the best in every situation. Theirs is a world where the good guys always win‚ where crime doesn’t exist and bad things don’t really happen. They see something and imagine what it is‚ or could be‚ and in a good light. Children never look for the worst in people‚ and always give people a fair chance. In contrast as

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    In the novel‚ “The Catcher in the Rye” written by J.D.Salinger‚ it can be agreed that the main character Holden is not the least bit normal. The perception of Holden is easily identified‚ he is a lonesome and complicated character. So much so‚ that he constantly refers to himself as a “madman”. Yet‚ despite his desire to detach himself from society‚ he still takes the effort to communicate with others‚ especially females. Jane Gallagher and Sally Hayes are the most prominent female characters presented

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    Post-Traumatic Stress In Relation To Holden Caulfield Introduction Throughout life‚ an individual may endure emotionally and physically straining moments causing the person to become downhearted‚ and or irate. These feelings are normal‚ but may however become a problem when these feelings prohibit someone from living a ‘normal ’ life. An estimated 5.2 million American adults ages 18 to 54‚ or approximately 3.6 percent of people in this age group in a given year‚ have PTSD (Narrow‚ Rae‚ Regier)

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