.... changes that change them for the better. The works of J.D. Salinger show the quest for happiness through religion, loneliness, and symbolism. Salinger''s works often use religion in order to portray comfort. In Salinger''s Nine Stories Franny Glass keeps reciting the "Jesus Prayer" to cope with the suicide of her brother Seymour (Bloom in Bryfonski and Senick 69). Salinger is able to use this prayer as a means of comfort for Franny. The prayer stands for the last hope for Franny in this situation. Franny would be lost if their was no prayer. (Bryfonski and Senick 71). Salinger shows us comfort in Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caufield ....

.... Victoria and Prince Albert. Edward belongs to the royal family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and is the first member of the royal family to tour the USA ( Ross, 15). When his father died in 1861, Queen Victoria, Edward's mother, blamed him for the death. Edward then has his seat in the House of Lords as the Duke of Cornwall (www.spartacus.com). In 1863, Edward married Princess Alexandra of Denmark. The Prince and Princess have six children (Encyclopedia Americana). In 1901, Edward is the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland and empire of India (Encyclopedia Americana, 544). Edward takes place in many public duties, has a close interest in politics, and has a ....

.... Sleeping Beauty. He wrote such works as the 1812 Overture and the First Piano Concerto in b flat minor. All during his life Tchaikovsky wrote detailed letters to his brother and close friends, including Madame Von Meck, the patroness he never met in person. His letters give us insight on how he felt about his music and life. This biography includes many exerts from such letters. Tchaikovsky was married to Atonina Milyuka, one of his students, in July of 1877. He made it clear however, that they were married due to her threat of suicide if they were not married. During their brief marriage Tchaikovsky was extremely unhappy. In his letters he described her as having an ....

.... to American business interest. But he failed to bring democracy to Cuba or secure the broad popular support that might have legitimized his rape of the 1940 Constitution. As the people of Cuba grew increasingly dissatisfied with his gangster style politics, the tiny rebellions that had sprouted began to grow. Meanwhile the U.S. government was aware of and shared the distaste for a regime increasingly nauseating to most public opinion. It became clear that Batista regime was an odious type of government. It killed its own citizens, it stifled dissent. At this time Fidel Castro appeared as leader of the growing rebellion. Educated in America he was ....

.... in both of which it failed miserably, Ivan's mother Elena was poisoned. Now Ivan was an orphan, with both parents dead when he was just eight years old. This is Scar Number One: The Death of Both of His Parents. The ruling class at this time was known as the Boyars, and these Boyars held the responsibility of "taking care" of Ivan. During his childhood, Ivan would live in constant fear of them. Ivan's first sign of mental and emotional illness came while he was a teenager. He loved to torture animals, often throwing them into the Moscow city walls, yet he spent hours in church. Two major events took place at the age of 17. In December of 1546, Ivan made an announcement ....

.... were really scared. They all fled for their lives and the Hebrews won the war. During David's life he makes many friends. One of the people who was David's friend was king Saul. David played his harp for Saul and made him feel better when life was getting him down. David also becomes good friends with, Jonathan, Saul's son. Saul gets envious of David because the people of Saul's kingdom really like David. Saul tried to have David killed but, Jonathan finds out about the plot and saves David's life. Later on in life David became king of all Israel. One day David was up on the roof of his palace and he saw Bathsheba bathing on her roof. Instead of turning away from his sinful ....

.... on society. In the early years, King came from a family in the tradition of the Southern black ministry. Both Kings father and grandfather were Baptist preachers. At the age of eighteen he entered Morehouse College, in Atlanta. Under a special program for gifted students he received his B.A. in 1948. As an undergraduate his earlier interest in medicine and law were eliminated by a decision in his senior year to enter the ministry, as his father had urged. King spent the next three years at Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa. And he received a bachelor of divinity in 1951. King first became aquatinted with Mohandas Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence as well as ....

.... thee, I have make thee happy, and also those who shall take thy name. Go, and repeat Mine, and cause others to do likewise. Abide uncontaminated by the world. Practice the repetition of My Name, charity, ablutions, worship and meditation.... My name is God, the primal Brahma. And thou at the divine Guru." Three days later, returned home. He gave all his belongings to the poor. They believed that he was possessed with an evil spirit. A priest later broke that spell. Later, Nanak took Mardana, a Mohammedan, as a servant. With him as a musical accompanist, Nanak started to deliver more widely about the disciples of the One true God of all people, both rich and poor. ....