Catcher In The Rye: Main Character Conflicts Catcher in the Rye: Main Character Conflicts In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is a teenage boy whose conscience and personality somewhat conflict with the social and moral values of his society. In the novel, he over-reacts to many everyday problems by over analyzing situations, placing blame and passing judgment. Through conf

Cathedral The narrator in Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” has two fully functional eyes, in which he chooses never to use to their full potential. They eyes of the narrator are insecure, jealous, lonely, and prejudiced. They are limited in what they choose to see. The tone of the narrator conveys his inability to see throughout the entire story. The narrator’s tone also reveals his char

Cathedral By Raymond Carver “Cathedral” Raymond Carver While this story is clearly about prejudice and stereotypes associated with blindness, and about the narrator being blind too the deeper things in life, one of the most intriguing parts to me involved the relationship between the narrator and his wife. The visit of his wife’s friend, Robert, clearly brought out the insecurities i

Censorship: A Friend Or Foe' Censorship: A Friend or Foe' “There’s far more to the censorship issue than a ban on sex and four-letter words. I sometimes think that those of us who need to be the most clearheaded about these matters are planting the very trees that obscure our view of the forest” says Dorothy Briley (C5). According to Briley, a vast amount more is needed than simply v

Charles Eastman A huge part of Indian culture has always been their knack for oral tradition. It what creates a link between the past civilizations and the current one, making all cultures link together through the use of stories and events that went on' Oral tradition is scene in the book From the Deep Woods to Civilization. In this book, Charles A. Eastman, tells his autobiographical

1984 by George Orwell It all began with a simple slip of paper. It was a photograph; a photograph that contradicted everything Winston had ever been taught for as long as he could remember. Proof that the Party was not always right was in his hands. This photograph proved that the Party had lied for certain at least one time. While the Party had claimed that three men committed a crime,

A Separate Peace- Title Most stories’ titles give readers some perception of what the story will be about. In general the setting is its own separate peace. There are also curtain examples of when characters in the novel try to create their own separate peace. The winter carnival is an example that shows the students at the school creating their own separate peace. Finny enters hi

A Seperate Piece Through the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles, one of the main characters named Gene Forester is seemingly always in a conflict. These conflicts both internal and external plague Gene until the very end. It is these conflicts that lead to the creation of an enemy that Gene is at war with throughout A Separate Peace. This enemy is Gene himself. The first time th

Baldassare Castiglione Baldassare Castiglione > Baldassare was an Italian diplomat, writer, and courtier, and one of the most influential authors in Europe during the Renaissance. > Courtier is attendant at a royal court. A person who uses flattery to get something to win there favor. They had have many skills take part social demand society. > The Book of the Courtier was his mo

Celibacy In Dubliners Celibacy in the Lives of Dubliners Today’s society is very accepting of premarital and other forms of casual sex. After puberty, age, sex, and social standing have little influence in our ideas of acceptable sexual interaction. Just the opposite was true of Ireland in the early decades of the 1900’s. This time sets the scene for the characters in a collection

Ceremony CONNECTIONS WITH NATURE In Ceremony, Leslie Silko makes a connection in the novel between the spotted cattle and Tayo, and then obscures them until it is difficult to decide where one ends and the other begins. Some of these lines are vague, for example, the use of flies, deer, grasshoppers, and frogs that work in and around larger concepts and set the stage, preparing the rea

Aurora of a Dream Aurora of a Dream Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”, has an aurora of a dream. It is an enduring play that alludes to the unconscious motivations of life. It is a genuine tragedy. This is a story of rags to riches in reverse. It is a story of failure, uphill struggles, and a dream from reality. The American Dream, which is a myth of success, models the event

Scarlet Letter Changes From Beginning to the End Characterization is a literary element used by the author to present qualities of characters in a literary piece, the purpose of characterization is to make characters credible and make them suitable for the role they play in the work. Authors present various characters possessing dissimilar qualities, to emphasize different aspects of

Changing Places East Meets West American and British citizens have been making cracks at each other’s lifestyles for decades now, with neither side really understanding why they live the way they do. Clothes, food, dental hygiene, music, and behavior have been the butts of jokes about the opposite, unknown society, but in Changing Places, Lodge tries to write from a neutral standpoin

Character Analysis Characters and locations are the main aspect of novels. Characters have unique personas. Characters and locations from different novels often function in similar ways within their respected narratives. This is the case with Steinbeck’s Sweet Thursday and Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby. Although the similarities may not be apparent at first, after closely examining the works

Arthur Dimmesdale Character Analysis of Arthur Dimmesdale The Scarlet Letter is a story of characters that have to live and deal with the effects of sin in different ways. Of these characters, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is the character portrayed as the most weak and unnoble. Despite this portrayal Dimmesdale was a stronger character than given credit for. His unbelievable

The Rocking Horse Winner Character Analysis Of Paul's Mother In “The Rocking Horse Winner". Imagine getting a knock on your door with someone outside yelling, “Open up it’s the police.” After you open the door, the police officer points a pistol to your head, and that’s when you realize that this guy is a phony and that you’re in trouble. This seems as though you’re watching a movie,

Lord Of The Flies Character Analysis Of Simon In Lord Of The Flies Amidst the ruinous disorder throughout the novel Lord of the Flies, the lack of civilization and human goodness leads the young children to evils and rough conditions they have never faced. After several characters fail to uphold responsibilities and commitments, things begin falling apart. If only half of the boys had

The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber Character Analysis Of “The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber“ Remember that guy from high school who had everything' He was the one with the brand new convertible, good grades, great looks, and beautiful girlfriend. How I wanted to be that guy. I never stopped to wonder what his life was really like or if he was what he appeared to be. Unl

Charles Eastman A huge part of Indian culture has always been their knack for oral tradition. It what creates a link between the past civilizations and the current one, making all cultures link together through the use of stories and events that went on' Oral tradition is scene in the book From the Deep Woods to Civilization. In this book, Charles A. Eastman, tells his autobiographical

The Little Drummer Girl Moral Ambiguity of Charlie in The Little Drummer Girl In George J. Lennard’s, “John le Carre” critical assessment of the ending of Little Drummer Girl, he claims that “Charlie can not continue to act in the theater of the real...she can no longer return to the romantic fluff of Western middle class society.” Charlie’s last line in the novel, the theater of

1984 Research Paper The goal of this paper is to analyze the book 1984 by George Orwell. 1984 is about life with no personal freedoms. Winston is the main character, a man of 39 years old, who is not extraordinary in intelligence or character, but hates the world he lives in. He works in the Ministry of Truth, a place where the truth and past events are rewritten to satisfy the party's

Cherry Orchard A time to Laugh The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov is about a Russian family that is unable to prevent its beloved estate from being sold in an auction due to financial problems. The play has been dubbed a tragedy by many of its latter producers. However, Chekhov labeled his play a farce, or more of a comedy. Although this play has a very tragic backdrop of Russia’

Child By Tiger Child by Tiger Have you ever seen a glass barometer that kids play with' It’s a glass container that has two globes connected with spiral glass tubing. On the bottom globe there is a red liquid, and when a child places their hands on the orb, the liquid moves up through the spirals to the top. The child learns that heat makes the liquid move through experience. A reade

Child Called It A Child Called “It” By: David Pelzer I chose the book, The Child Called “It” because one of my friends told me about the book. The whole story line caught my attention. I was amazed at what was going on in this boy’s life. This book, a true story, is very emotional. The title relates to the book because his mother calls the boy, David Pelzer, “It”. She does not

ChillingworthPower Of Sin The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne expresses the origin of sin in Roger Chillingworth’s character and his desire for revenge. “Spending long hours in his poorly lit study” he was a “man of science”, devoted to the pursuit of learning. Before he left Hester at their settlement, he was so wrapped up in his own studies that he close-mindedly became a man of

1984 Summary Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London, in the nation of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party's seemingly omniscient leader, a figure known only as Big Brother. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people's history and langua

Christies Mysteries Agatha Christie was born Agatha may Clarissa Miller in Devon, England in 1890. She was the youngest of three children in a well to do family. Agatha never attended school as a young child. She was mostly taught at home by tutors. She made up her own games at a very young age to keep herself busy. Agatha had a problem expressing her feelings so she first turned t

Chronical Of A Death Foretold "Why Women are very important in the novels The House of the Spirits and A Chronicle of a death foretold” Throughout history man was, and still sometimes is, thought to be the stronger sex, both physically and emotionally, because men seem to be the decision makers and seem to be doing everything by themselves. But behind what everyone sees, the women are

Chrysanthemums Many times an individual goes though an experience or lives their entire life in which they feel they are trapped and hopelessly committed to a situation. A clear example of this exact situation is brought forth in John Steinbeck’s “Chrysanthemums” in which a lady by the name of Elisa is living an a situation that leaves her feeling trapped and hopeless in the daily life