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Catcher In The Rye: Caulfield's Lifesytle Reflects Existentialism
604 Words - 3 Pages.... have shared the same ideas,
including Pascal, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche. The Catcher in the Rye
demonstrates existentialism by having the main character, Holden Caulfield,
isolate himself from a world full of "phonies," and maintaining
individuality.
With such views in mind, Holden begins alone in the story, and he
stays as such throughout the entire story. He establishes concrete
individual existence as he abandons school and goes to live in New York by
himself. He understands that life must not be lived as a game, although he
agrees with Mr. Spencer in order not to sound inferior to him. A Danish
philosopher and existentialist, Soren Kierkegaard, once wrote, "I must ....
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Frankenstein
1286 Words - 5 Pages.... in any standing. The old blind man sings songs to the others,
plays a musical instrument, and adds a sense of experience and content to
the family. The children do their daily work without griping as well. Just
because they are looked down upon by society that still does not stop them
from enjoying what has been provided for them.
Society itself which is supposed to be good is actually ignorant. They
wrongly treat the monster on the assumption that he actually is a monster.
They scorn, attack, and shun the monster just because of his outward
appearance. This is not justified by anything except his demeanor. They
are also afraid of it because they are afraid of thin ....
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Flaws In Twain's "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn"
899 Words - 4 Pages.... that he is Tom, Tom shows up...uh-huh, I bet. It is things
such as those I just mentioned that make it very difficult for me to read a book
without becoming frustrated. It is probably because I am used to real life and
like it or not real life is just not that perfect.
My other gripe was that Twain seems to ramble on and on and on an.....
To me it seems as if the story that he was writing became faint shortly after
the time when Huck says, “It's me. George Jackson, sir”(pg. 95). I do have to
give him that the feud was interesting filler, but you can only take so much
filler. Then when John Wayne (The Duke) and Elvis (The King) come along there
seem to be four or fi ....
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Catch-22
837 Words - 4 Pages.... Clevinger. “When?” asked the colonel. “When what, sir?” “Now you’re asking me questions again.” “I am sorry, sir. I’m afraid I don’t understand your question.” Later in the interrogation, the colonel is so twisted in his conversation that he no longer wants to know when Clevinger said that he could not be punished. He now wants to know when Clevinger did not say that he could not be punished. Clevinger quickly rebuts and states, “I always didn’t say you couldn’t punish me, sir.” Finally, the colonel is satisfied with that answer even though Clevinger’s statement did not answer the question and has no meaning. Major Major often spoke with a l ....
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First Knight And The Ox-Bow Incident
642 Words - 3 Pages.... groups view on the
law. The Knights of the about them. Whereas, the cowboys had a set of unwritten
laws, which they changed whenever there was something that they wanted to pursue.
Most of them felt that the law was wrong and too slow, so they often decided to
take law into their own hands and form posses. If the majority of the people
believed that a certain person is guilty or not, they would act upon him/her
without a fair trial. Their view of the law was that it "just gets in the way"
and should be abolished all together. The Knights believed that the law was
good and is there for a reason, while the cowboys felt the law was wrong and
took action into their own hands. ....
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A Clockwork Orange
1720 Words - 7 Pages.... corrections, in terms of rehabilitating an offender, which is up to the
individual. That one should determine the cause and then find an exclusive
treatment to resolve that individual's case, then apply it. This is the case
with the character Alex, a juvenile delinquent introduced into prisonization
then conditioned by governmental moral standards. This lack of personal moral
choice imposed upon Alex creates conflicting situations in which he has no
control over. This is apparent when trying to readjust into society. As
conflicts arise within the spectrum of criminal justice the main focus is
revolved around the corrections aspect of reforming the criminal element. ....
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"Fighting On Two Fronts": Henry Fleming In Red Badge Of Courage
587 Words - 3 Pages.... Despite his mother's concerns, Henry enlisted
in the Army.
But being in the Army wasn't enough, Henry was anxious to go to battle.
All along the way to his station he and his fellow recruits were treated
kindly. Old men patted them on their backs and young boys admired them
when they stopped for rest. This warm feeling faded when they reached the
camp. Here life was boring for Henry. The only thing his company did was
drill day in and day out. All of the experienced soldiers told war stories
every night by the campfire. Henry could only listen because he was still
'wet behind the ears'. He felt left out and often sat alone wondering
about battle. War was like an i ....
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A Rose For Emily
1291 Words - 5 Pages.... letter asking her to call the
sheriff's office at her convenience. A week later the mayor wrote her
herself, offering to call or to send his car for her, and received in reply a
note on paper of an archaic shape, in a thin, flowing calligraphy in faded
ink, to the effect that's he no longer went out at all. The tax notice was
enclosed, without comment." (189). Miss Emily was convinced that she had no
taxes in Jefferson because before the Civil War the South didn't have to pay
taxes and since her father had made a contribution to the town of a generous
amount, Colonel Sartoris, mayor at that time had remitted her taxes, she felt
that that promise or rather gift s ....
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