grow‚ and in this period of growth‚ there are stages. In this growing‚ there are times of seeing and understanding the world in different ways‚ with similarities and differences in each phase. These stages can be broken up into childhood and adulthood. The way that the two stages live life is drastically different but certain aspects in the behavior and way of thinking can be obviously contrasting or weirdly identical. These similarities and differences between the stages can be compared by the actions
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gradual maturation of two immature boys into self-reliant young men. The steady speed at which Salinger’s and Crane’s language streams enables the reader to see the independent events that lead up to the ultimate rite of passage for both Henry and Holden. Although the pinnacle of maturity Holden reached concerned his pessimistic view of the world and Henry’s was a unifying moment of bravery‚ both boys experienced an epiphany over the course of their respective tales. Holden came to a realization
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transition from childhood to adulthood‚ obviously change people. This transition‚ and events that happen during it‚ defines the personality of someone. Either it makes them a good person or a bad person‚ a strong or weak person‚ someone who likes to challenge himself or someone who just waits for things to occur by itself. During this transition‚ people go through different events that marks them‚ and makes them who they are today. A couple of events occurred during my transition from childhood to adulthood
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Catcher in the Rye - ‘Holden Caufield is an Island’ John Donne’s quote‚ ‘No man is an island’ connects quite directly to Holden Caulfield in ‘The Catcher in the Rye.’ Holden’s character is very relative to themes such as isolation‚ loneliness and non-conformity. Holden has a very distinct character; he has many features‚ which would describe him as quite a lonely‚ cynical young man. It is evident that a past of his has had such an effect on him that the adolescence he has become quite a rocky
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Society is filled with corrupt adults‚ which makes it inevitable for the loss of childhood innocence as children enter into the adult world. Some say that society can change and take a turn for the better‚ and though it may not be filled with honest‚ pure hearted people‚ it can be more genuine and more about the heart and less about success and materialistic pursuits. Others say that society cannot change and that it will continue to be corrupt and filled with selfish individuals‚ regardless of
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Holden‚ Ten Years Later "Allieeeee‚ Allieeeee‚ please‚ don’t go‚ come back to me‚ don’t go‚ I’ll play with you‚ I promise‚ pleaseeeeee". I guess it’s another one of those nights. When are these goddam nightmares going to stop? I dream about Allie about twice a week and I have no idea why. It’s basically the same dream every single time‚ and quite honestly it’s becoming a true pain. We are both on this vomity looking colored boat‚ and Allie jumps into the waters and as he is being enveloped by the
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The Changes of My Childhood and Adulthood. A few days ago‚ I had reorganized my cupboard and I found a big mysterious box hidden among old broken stuff. The box was full of photo albums and my old diaries. I very enjoyed watching these photos seeing how I have changed. But when I started reading the diaries‚ the childhood memories abruptly flushed into my mind. I sudden sadly realized that not only my physical appearance had changed but also my mentality‚ which affects to my personality
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Something that really make my transition from childhood to adulthood was going from homeschool to a private high school. I was homeschooled from basically the time I was two through ninth grade. It was in tenth grade when I started attending this new school and going from being homeschooled for basically my whole life up until that point was rather terrifying to me. I really didn’t know what to expect so I think I expected the worse. I took me a while to get adjusted to the new environment‚ the
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Introduction Children live in the present; adolescents begin to think about the future. Becoming an adult involves much more than becoming physically mature‚ though that is an important part of the process. The transition from childhood to adulthood also involves changes in patterns of reasoning and moral thinking‚ and adjustments in personality and sexual behavior. Though the process is complex‚ most adolescents cope reasonably well with their changing circumstances. (Kassachau‚ 1995) Majority
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these two events seem in a person’s life‚ there is much more that occurs between the two. Every character takes a journey through life or is called to take one. This journey can be viewed as Joseph Campbell’s Theory of the Quest. Every character‚ at some time‚ is called to start the quest‚ to leave the old life for a new one. Holden‚ the main character and narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is no exception to this rule. He experienced‚ like many others‚ a period in his young life when he received
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