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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 ....


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 ....


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 ....


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 ....


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 ....


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' ....


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 ....


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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