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The Catcher In The Rye: Holden's Insight About Life And World
921 Words - 4 Pages.... as to how people aren't as perfect as he was. "The
reason he [Stradlater] fixed himself up to look good was because he was madly in
love with himself." (pg. 27) Holden had an inferiority complex. He was afraid of
not having any special talents or abilities and used other methods to make him
out to be a rough tough boy. "Boy, I sat at that goddam bar till around one
o'clock or so, getting drunk as a bastard. I could hardly see straight." (pg.
150) Holden tried all he could to fit in. He drank, cursed and criticized life
in general to make it seem he was very knowing of these habits. I myself have
found me doing this at times, also. I, at times, feel the need to fit in ....
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Night
629 Words - 3 Pages.... rabbi for dead so he could survive.
The rabbi and his son were running together, but Rabbi Eliahou became tired and had to slow down. As the rabbi slowed down his pace his son continued to run, and pretended not to see that his father was slowing down. This incident forced Elie to think about what he would do in the same situation. Elie decided that no matter how weak his father became he would always be there for him, even if he would die for it.
Throughout the novel Elie Wiesel shows the reader how the Nazis broke the spirits of the Jews. This caused Elie to lose his faith in God, as his time in the Nazi camps grew longer. The reader can see this in Elie's father 's confr ....
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To Kill A Mockinbird: Scout
348 Words - 2 Pages.... in that Tom Robinson, and good man, was killed as a
result of something he never did.
Scout also learned that the only way you can truly understand
someone is by walking around in their shoes. Many of the kids in Maycomb
had the impression that Arthur "Boo" Radley was an evil person because his
nature was mysterious. She never really understood him until the end of
the novel. After walking Boo to his house, Scout looked at the town from
the porch, Boo's point of view. She saw Maycomb how Boo had always seen it.
At that point, she understood Boo. Scout learned that you cannot
understand someone until you see things through his eyes in that she
achieved a new perception ....
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Sanity For Independence
1578 Words - 6 Pages.... diagnose a family member, diagnoses her as having a temporary nervousness condition. After diagnosis, he prescribes bed rest as the cure. Without asking her, he takes her to their summer home to recover from the illness he does not believe she has. He tells her there is “no reason” why she feels the way she does; she should get rid of those “silly fantasies.” In saying this to her, he is treating her like a child who does not really know how she feels, thus making her doubt herself. When she tries to tell him what she needs, she is completely shut out and ignored. “I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more societ ....
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Grendel
461 Words - 2 Pages.... he walks in holding a dead body and using it for protection against
the drunken men swinging axes and swords at him. Grendel dose not understand
this as he says "they were doomed, I knew, and I was glad." showing the hope for
destruction of the human race. In Grendel's eyes humans are going to destroy
themselves and he will be glad when it happens.
Grendel is very lonely in the world of man. He has only one person close to
him and that is his mother. She cares for Grendel but just with the natural
motherly instincts which Grendel sees as mechanical. Grendel doesn't understand,
"Why can't I have someone to talk to?" as the world starts to look darker in his
eyes. Anima ....
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Compare Two Biographies Of Wayne Gretzky
991 Words - 4 Pages.... could skate at two
years old. He was well known by people at six. When he was ten, he was
signing autographs and had a national magazine article written about him. A
thirty- minutes national television show done on him at fifteen. It also
talk about Gretzky's hero when he was a kid. He was a funny guy. He was
Gretzky's hockey instructor. He was also his lacrosse, baseball basketball
and cross country coach. He was not only coach, but also trainer and
chauffeur. Gretzky called him dad, his name was Walter. However, in the
book "Gretzky and Taylor", it did not show anything in Gretzky's childhood.
It was started when Gretzky became the NHL player, a member of Edmonton
Oiler' ....
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An Education In Escape: Madame Bovary And Reading
746 Words - 3 Pages.... The chapter mirrors the structure of the book it starts as we see a
satisfied women content with her confinement and conformity at the convent.
At first far from being boredom the convent, she enjoyed the company of
the nuns, who, to amuse her, would take her into the chapel by way of a long
corridor leading from the dining hall. She played very little during the
recreation period and knew her catechism well. (Flaubert 30.)Footnote1
The chapter is also filled with images of girls living with in the
protective walls of the convent, the girls sing happily together, assemble to
study, and pray. But as the chapter progresses images of esc ....
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There's Nothing In The Middle Of The Road But Yellow Stripes And Dead Armadillos: Jim Hightower
602 Words - 3 Pages.... which give the reader confidence in the
ideas presented.
To accomplish his goal of informing the general public about the
harsh realities of politics, Hightower realizes that he must keep his
language simple and familiar. His choice of vocabulary never includes any
large or rare words without explanation. This helps the reader to remain
focused on the message of the text, not trying to fumble through a
dictionary. His language also includes slang and foul words which help
illustrate opinions on certain topics. For example, "Liberal Media, my
ass" clearly shows his disbelief of the idea that the media is liberal
(125-130). Not only is this helpful to an uneducated rea ....
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