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Life Is A Game Sister Phoebe
1,203 wordsEveryone knows and wants the all too true American dream, to be or wants to be something that is better than what you are or have already. In The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield is an idealist who always envisions his life as it should be, and not as it truly is. It is the story of an emotionally disturbed sixteen-year-old boy; told through a flashback. In an attempt to deal with his problems and try to find himself, he leaves the school, which he was kicked out of to vac...
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Happy Life Real Life
1,119 wordsIn Oedipus the King, Oedipus relentless search for the cause of the citys plague leads to his inevitable misery. Unknowingly, Oedipus had slain his father, married his mother, and was the cause of the citys misfortune. Mid way through his search, Oedipus is warned that his search will only lead to his misfortune, but he decides to continue. His wife then begs him to leave the origins of his family unknown. These opposing characters represent some serious real life philosophical questions. Oedipu...
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Woods On A Snowy Evening State Of Mind
1,092 wordsFrom the later 1800 s to the middle 1900 s, Robert Frost gave the world a window to view the world through poetry. He has explored many different aspects of writing. Giving us poems that define hope and happiness to poems of pure morbid characteristics; all of Robert Frosts poems explain the nature of living. But why does Frost take two totally different views in his poems? Is it because of his basic temperament or could it be that his attitude towards life changed in his later years? Throughout...
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Thinks She Plain Catherine Father Man
883 wordsI'm depressed. Well, how could I not be? I just finished reading Washington Square. I'm happy it's over, but I'm not happy I finished it. No, that doesn't make sense does it? Lets just say, I had a feeling how it was going to end up; I just hoped that I would be wrong. Unfortunately the one time I didn't want to be right I was. Isn't that the way it always works? I guess so. Catherine, dear plain old, Catherine. Poor girl, father thinks she's plain, she thinks she's plain, her aunt thinks she's ...
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Catcher In The Rye Committing Suicide
1,247 words... be, especially to him. He says, I started thinking how old Phoebe would feel if I got Pneumonia and died. It was a childish way to think but I couldnt stop myself. Shed feel pretty bad if something like that happened. She likes me a lot. I mean shes quite fond of me. Holden does not want kids to grow-up into the world that he sees as so horrible. He wants to keep children the way they are, and be the only adult to watch over them. Holden comments, Certain things should stay the way they are....
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Stopping By Woods Woods On A Snowy Evening
1,106 wordsRobert Frost takes our imagination to a journey through wintertime with his two poems Desert Places and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Frost comes from a New England background and these two poems reflect the beautiful scenery that is present in our part of the country. Even though these poems both have winter settings, they contain very different tones. One has a feeling of depressing loneliness, and the other a feeling of welcome solitude. They show how the same setting can have totally...
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Robert Frost 2 Poem Comparison
833 wordsRobert Frost successfully taken reader's imagination on a journey through the wintertime with his poems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. " Frost's New England background in these two poems reflect the beautiful scenery that is present in our part of the country. Even though these poems both have winter settings they contain completely different tones. One poem has a feeling of a depressing loneliness, and the other of feeling welcome. The poems show how the same setting...
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Ernest Hemingway Committed Suicide
881 wordscould ernest hemingway be considered a tragic figure in contemporary literature? Looking at Ernest Hemingway's past, you'd see that he lived a very tough, strict childhood. He was raised under the thoughts that if you had strong religion, hard work, physical fitness, and self determination you would be very successful no matter what field you were to go into. This made his relationship with his parents sort of complex. It was more of a difficult relationship with his mother. She was demanding, a...
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Exile And Pain In Three Elegiac Poems
913 wordsThere is a great similarity between the three elegiac poems, The Wanderer, The Wife of Lament, and The Seafarer. This similarity is the theme of exile. Exile means separation, or banishment from ones native country, region, or home. During the Anglo Saxon period, exile caused a great amount of pain and grief. The theme is shown to have put great sadness into literature of this time period. The majority of the world's literature from the past contains the theme of exile. The Wife of Lament is ano...
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Children From Growing Grab For The Gold Ring
1,112 wordsIn The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. "His anger turned to relentlessly unforgiving social scorn. " (Coles) This perception of the world does not change significantly through the novel. However as the novel progresses, Holden gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless to change this. "Holden Caulfield had much going for him -- a comfortable suburban life and a privileged educational background in a private s...
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Kill His Father Tragic Flaw
664 wordsOedipus has a "tragic flaw" that leads to his demise, and efforts to attribute one to him to him seem forced. In his quest to uncover the truth and rid Thebes of the plague, he exhibits all the heroic qualities that made him the savior of Thebes during the Sphinx's reign of terror. Oedipus as a victim of a fate he could not control. He had enormous control over the events of his "destiny" through the numerous decisions he makes. He chooses to believe the oracle and leave Corinth. (The play is in...
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Pecola Breedlove Toni Morrison
1,155 wordsThe Bluest Eye is a brilliantly written novel revealing the fictional trauma of an eleven-year-old black girl named Pecola Breedlove. This story takes place in the town of Lorain, Ohio during the 1940 s. It is told from the perspective of a young girl named Claudia Matter. She and her sister, Frieda, become witness to the terrible plights Pecola is unintentionally put through. Pecola chooses to hide from her disabling life behind her clouded dream of possessing the ever so cherished bluest of ey...
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George And Lennie Curley Wife
1,495 wordsOf Mice and Men, a novel by John Steinbeck, tells a story of friendship, loneliness and aspirations. Two itinerants named George and Lennie go to work on a farm as labourers in a place named Soledad. The story then ends when George takes Lennie's life. Almost everyone on the farm is lonely and the person that represents this the most is Curley's (the books son) wife, one of the most pivotal characters in the book. When Lennie and George arrive on the farm and are shown their quarters Curley's wi...
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Rock Bands Rock Music
1,354 wordsAbomination - The Coxon and Dewhurst families How are the Coxon and Dewhurst families different? In my opinion, Martha and Scotts families differ in may ways. One of which, is their views on how to punish their child / children . Marthas family agree with physical punishment, which seems old fashioned and cruel. Martha hates being hurt this way but has grown to expect it: Father lost his temper and slapped my face. Mother said something to him on the stairs and he came back. I was curled up on t...
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Eminem Daughter Memories
477 wordswhy are these jealous fucks complaining about the things that eminem spits on a record? could it be that they have a depressing life and cant relate to Em with their own problems? hmmm maybe... or maybe its because they know that Em always has something to say back to the assholes who try to strip him of his talent. "i dunno.".. Boring memories you say? ... what about when you " re in your bed late at night when your kids (if you have any) are in their beds and you " re remembering all of your d...
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Jane And Mr Thornfield Hall
1,134 wordsI read the book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I personally didnt find this book interesting or appealing in any way. If I read for pleasure, which I dont, this would not be the type of book that I would choose to read. I prefer murder mysteries and books that I can relate to more. I found this book very depressing, not that murders are happy, and I also thought that this book brought out a lot of bad things that happen to people in this world and the struggles they have to overcome. Another rea...
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Catcher In The Rye Depressing Stories Story
276 wordsThe Catcher in The Rye Written By: J. D. Sallinger The Catcher in the Rye is a story of an emotionally disturbed young sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield. Holden is telling this story in first person, although the whole thing is all one big flashback. The story is one of a young Boy trying to grow up in an Adult world, and trying to show that he is an Adult. As Holden is learning, there are many depressing things in the world. Holden, being the Idealist that he is, searches to find ever...
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Year Old Boy Catcher In The Rye
549 wordsThe title of the book refers to a song Holden heard from a little boy. One line says: If a body meets a body coming through the rye. Holden thought it was If a body catches a body He pictures himself catching children who are playing in a rye-field. The Catcher in the Rye is a story about the thought and opinions of an emotionally disturbed young sixteen-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield who runs away from school because he was expelled, and meets people who only annoy him. The story begins an...
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Depressing Stories Holden Story
243 words" The Catcher in the Rye" is a story of an emotionally disturbed young sixteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield. Holden is telling this in first person, although the whole thing is all one big flashback. The story is one of a young boy trying to grow up in an Adult world. Holden, being the Idealist that he is, searched to find everything that needs to be changed, but never gives an alternative to the situation or thing. In the four total days that the story cover, Holden ends up get...
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Robert Frost Woods On A Snowy Evening
1,122 wordsFrom the later 1800? s to the middle 1900? s, Robert Frost gave the world a window to view the world through poetry. He has explored many different aspects of writing. Giving us poems that define hope and happiness to poems of pure morbid characteristics; all of Robert Frost? s poems explain the nature of living. But why does Frost take two totally different views in his poems? Is it because of his basic temperament or could it be that his attitude towards life changed in his later years? Throug...
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