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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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U S S Naval Base
1,109 wordsI am a normal kid, well sort of. Everyone has those different things about them, for example: I fly planes, fence, and can perform geometry in my head. I am also a good shot with almost any type of gun. I am one of the best strategists in my school. Troon High School, the high school of Troon a town just north of Corpus Christi, Texas is one of the only schools in the state to have a fencing team. We have been the highest rated one in the state only the year I have been here. I am the second bes...
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Stop At Mcdonalds Aunt Florence Alabama
1,498 wordsIt must have been around eleven o'clock in the morning when I awoke from a stuffy and uncomfortable sleep, in the back of a moving mini-van. My mouth was dry, my nose was sore, and my eyes itched from sleep crust. A huge yawn escaped from my mouth as I tried to stretch my aching limbs. As I was stretching out, I accidentally kicked my little brother Sam in the head. So much for peaceful sleep, he woke up in a foul mood. He must have thought that I kicked him on purpose because he punched me as h...
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Kick My Hundred Goals Kick My Hundred One
595 wordsDear Diary, Today was the most embarrassing day of my life. I hope this will never happen to me again. Heres how my day went. I woke up this morning around 7: 30 am. It was the Grand Final day for my Under 17 s football side. We were undefeated. I was the full forward and so far I have kicked ninety seven goals. I need at least three more goals this game to get my first one hundred goal season. I was going through my normal Sunday morning football routine. Get up, eat breakfast (nine wheat bix a...
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Book Was Written Catcher In The Rye
1,969 wordsIn 1964, J. D. Salinger composed a novel titled The Catcher in the Rye that became quite controversial and was banned from several schools because of inappropriate content. The story is pretty dramatic, but it has many comical incidents. The book is trying to project the idea that you can run from your problems as much as you want; however it is inevitable that you face them. You cant run forever! If this were a scary movie, the evil laughter would start now. Our main character Holden Caulfield ...
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Vietnam Veterans M 16
1,176 wordsThe Vietnam War is slowly fading into history. The 20 -year struggle between South Vietnam and its American, Australian an New Zealand allies against the communist North Vietnamese is remembered today through films, songs and poetry. Films such as Platoon and songs such as The Real Thing written by Russell Morris and I Was Only Nineteen written by John Schuman and performed by the band Red Gum are examples of this remembrance. Elected lines: When each step can mean your last one, On two legs: it...
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Holden Caulfield Pencey Prep
485 wordsThe Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is an intriguing story. It contains marvelous character portraits, a psychological analysis of the process of growing up, and many more qualities. This book has many interesting characters and plot lines, which you will discover as you read along. The three main settings are Pencey Prep, D. Bs room, and the zoo. Pencey Prep is the high school that Holden has just been kicked out of. A few of the chapters take place here. D. Bs room is Holden's brothers ro...
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Hundreds Of People United Nations
1,761 wordsIntroduction: In February 1995, Li Dexian, an evangelist from Guangzhou, was about to address a house-church meeting in Beixing township, near Had city in Guangdong, when police officers arrived. According to reports, they kicked him in the groin in front of the congregation, then took him to the police station where he was beaten with a heavy pole, jumped on and kicked by police officers until he started to vomit blood. When he asked why he was beaten, the police officers reportedly said that t...
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J D Salinger Catcher In The Rye
791 wordsTeenagers throughout the century have always had trouble going through their adolescent years of their lives. The book Catcher in the Rye, is a realistic fiction and it is by J. D. Salinger. The novel was basically about a teenage male high school student who has been in and out of school for his unacceptable grades. Most of this story takes place around New York. The Catcher in the Rye is set in the 1950 s. The setting is important to the book because the only reason he is in New York was becau...
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J D Salinger Allie Death
1,628 wordsThe Catcher Holden Caulfield is thrown out of Pency Prep and forced either to go home or to fend for himself in the adult world. Holden narrates J. D. Salinger s The Catcher In The Rye from first-person point of view. He struggles internally with the death of his brother. Also, he struggles externally while trying to find his place in the world. The story begins around Christmas at Pency Prep High School in Agerstown, Pennsylvania. It was a Saturday afternoon, and Holden was on his way to see Mr...
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Catcher In The Rye Jane Gallagher
1,049 wordsHolden Caufield lives in a psychiatric hospital in California. While in the rest home, Caufield tells the story of a four day flash back when he was in school. Holden's roommate, Ward Stradlater arrives to get ready for his date with Jane Gallagher, a girl whom Holden knows and likes. Afterward, Holden and some friends go out for the night. After an argument with Ward, Holden decides to leave the school. He goes to New York. While sitting in his room he decides to call Jane Gallagher but instead...
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Ball Is Kicked Opponent Soccer
741 wordsSoccer is a popular sport played all over the world. Even though it has only been popular in the United States for the past 30 years, soccer has been a long time favorite most everywhere else. The sport dates back to the Egyptians, who played games involving the kicking of a ball. Now, the sport has grown to a global pastime, including men? s and women? s teams, and the World Cup (which is played every four years). Soccer originated with kicking games played by people in ancient civilizations. T...
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Golding Ralph
1,269 wordsGolding? s Foreshadowing: Looking At The Lord Of Golding? s Foreshadowing: Looking At The Lord Of The Flies Golding? s Foreshadowing: Looking At Chapter One Chapter one, which is the most important chapter of the novel the Lord of the Flies by William Gilding shows how many aspects of the novel, first mentioned briefly in the beginning of the novel are also found later on in it. When looking at the actions, attitudes, and setting, it is clearly evident that chapter one is a foreshadowing of the ...
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High School And College Catcher In The Rye
782 wordsJ. D. Salinger is an American author who wrote the famous novel The Catcher in the Rye. It was written in 1951, (encyclopedia, Pg. 60). It ranks as a minor classic. This story is popular among American high school and college students. Salinger was born in New York City in 1919. His full name is Jerome David Salinger. Salinger has written several other books in his life. Salinger wrote some later fiction that centered on the Glass Family. These books included Franny and Zooey, Rise High the Roof...
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Brother Alley Holden Love
647 wordsHolden Caulfield can be analyzed through his thoughts, actions and circumstances which surround his everyday life. Holden acts like a careless teenager. Holden has been to several prep-schools, all of which he got kicked out of for failing classes. After being kicked out of the latest, Pency Prep, he went off to New York on his own. Holden seems to have a motivation problem which apparently affects his reasoning. The basis of his reasoning comes from his thoughts. Holden thinks the world is full...
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Older Brother Younger Brother
1,926 wordsBonney Lane Eng 1101 - 32 September 13, 1999 Breaking Through The Ice It was Saturday night, the night of the New Year s Eve party. I was extremely excited and nervous. At the party I was expecting to see my ex boyfriend Brian, who was in college at the time. I was eager to restore our estranged relationship. We had dated when he was a senior in high school the year before. He was the best-looking guy in his class with his wild ebony hair and vicious green eyes. He carried himself with a finesse...
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