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- 1711: Catcher In the Rye: The Quest For Love
- ... of childhood, and many other ideas that apply to the ideas of adolescence and the life of the average teenager growing up. Many of his themes occur in a short period of time in a child's life that affects him/her in a very profound and significant way. The idea of love is also a major theme that arises in many of his characters and that indicates the character of ... Holden wonders how it would be different for these various people if someone had loved them through their innocence. These thoughts eventually lead him to the yearning to be a catcher in the rye. Another child that has fallen, and still is falling is a neighbor of Holden's, Old Robert Ackley. He has horrible hygiene and an annoying curiosity, in that "He started walking around the room, very slow and ... the dream of being the “ catcher in the rye”. It gives him a sharp and bitter realization that everyone in the world can not be caught, and it is futile to try to catch a child from the cliff of adult maturity. Holden Caulfield is a very concerned and caring individual, thrust into a world of “phoniness” and “adult immaturity”. This world gives him a pressure so great that he ...
- 1712: 12 Angry Men: Boy Is Innocent
- ... with the three best points of evidence to prove the innocence of this young boy. Think of this, how could a young boy do this to his father? Even though he was a victim of abuse, l love is still inside him. That is why this boy is innocent. Now remember, Jury, this is a life and death situation that sits in front of you. Make the right decision, or the young life of an innocent child will be ruined forever. The defense rests.
- 1713: Cry The Beloved Country: Book Review
- Cry The Beloved Country: Book Review "Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of it all. Let him not love the earth to deeply. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give to much of his ... Msimangu that he is able to begin his search, a search that will change his life forever He finds his sister, who is not expecting his arrivial, so, he tells her that she and her child will go back with him. Next he wanted to find his son, but he had no idea where to start, so Kumalo had told Msimangu that his brother lives in Johannesburg. Msimangu immediately knows who ... better life. Kumalo was a very emotional man, who dealt with his problem to the best of his knowledge. At the beginning you can tell he is a very caring individual for he allowed a child to eat at his home when she had nothing to eat at hers. Kumalo was a main element in the plot. The reason he was so important, through out all the trials that he ...
- 1714: Story Of Anne Moody
- ... In the autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi, Anne Moody describes the environment, the thoughts, and the actions that formed her life while growing up in the segregated southern state of Mississippi. As a young child, Moody accepted society as the way it was and did not see a difference in the skin color of a white person as opposed to that of a black. It was not until a movie ... However, due to the incidents of her childhood as well as those that occurred in her adulthood, Moody was determined to challenge the ways of society. She sympathized with the blacks that complained about the abuse they were receiving from whites. But at the same time, she was angry with them for not taking any action for change to occur. Her speeches, her clothes drive, her sit-ins, and her demonstrations ...
- 1715: The Outsiders
- ... interest a young mind, showing many students the seedier side of life. What it would be like to live under such circumstances in constant fear of their lives. It deals with gang warfare, alcohol, drugs, child abuse, murder, survival and growing up. These are areas that a pubescent teenager can easily lose themselves in. It forces the reader to realise that in many cases teenagers have no choice in what lifestyles that ...
- 1716: Morrison's Jazz: Characters' Actions
- ... the true nature of Joe's character is revealed he is not seen as the adulterous, murderer he once was. Once his history is comprehended, he is seen in a new light: as an abandoned child who has spent most of his days searching for a love he does not remember. The first impression of Dorcas differs from the other two because you feel sympathy for her at the beginning. She ... Little half moons clustered underneath her cheekbones, like faint hoofmarks" (131). Dorcas was not a pretty girl; she appealed inwardly to Joe while outwardly reminding him of his mother. She had been beaten as a child and her parents were murdered. We sympathize with her at the beginning of the story because it seems she is a young girl lost in trying to find herself an identification. It is only later ... characters is distinctly changed: Violet is no longer seen as crazy; Joe is not seen as the cold-hearted, adulterous murderer anymore; and Dorcas transforms from an innocent young girl to a more callous, immature, child solely concerned with self-satisfaction and a longing for belonging. Although the chronological style Toni Morrison uses is not unique, the reader finds it very useful for it allows them to experience the events ...
- 1717: Princess Diana
- ... to her father Edward John Spencer Viscount Althorp and mother Frances Roche Spencer (King 27). Diana shared her home with two older sisters, Sarah and Jane and a younger brother Charles (Kantrowitz 40). As a child, first she was expected to go through a preparatory school. She attended Riddlesworth Hall an all girls boarding school. Then in 1974 she transferred from her preparatory school to West Heath. Three years later in ... a job working as a part time kindergarten teacher at the Young England School in Pimlico. On top of that, she also was a part time nanny who spent her time looking after a small child (“Diana” Internet). On February 24, 1981 the engagement of Prince Charles and Lady Diana was announced (Delano 36). The couple later was married at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981. The ... which trailed a twenty-five foot train (“Diana” Internet). A year later June 21, 1982 Prince William Arthur Phillip Louis was born at St. Mary’s Hospital. Two years later Charles and Diana’s second child, Harry Charles Albert David was born on Sept. 15, 1984 (Delano 36). As her children grew, they developed a love for winter sports especially skiing. They often took trips to the Alps (Donnelly 48). ...
- 1718: The Bean Trees: Symbols and Hidden Meanings
- ... Taylor) fears them. The tires come up several times in the story and so does Taylor's fear of them. This fear originated from the accident with a tractor tire that Taylor viewed as a child. Her fear leads to an irony later in the story when Taylor is asked by Mattie, a friend of hers, to work at a tire shop. This is very ironic when she takes the job ... tight grip, but she also has another characteristic of a turtle. When a Turtle feels threatened in the wild it will hide in it's shell and shut itself off from the world. Turtle, the child, dose the same thing when she is first found and also when she is attacked by the stranger. She goes into a daze mentally shutting herself off from the world. In the second chapter we ... she has a baby boy and her husband ends up moving out. Lou Ann has a parallel situation to Taylor, they're both on their own and have to take on the responsibility of a child. When they move in together they find out that they situations may be similar, but their personalities are quite different. On one hand Taylor is a person who is very motivated; she speaks her ...
- 1719: Brandy's "I Want A Wife": An Analysis
- ... author Judy Brandy I found, it illustrated the rigid role that a mother in today's society performs a harder role than a father does. A mother has to take care of household chores, a child's life, and her husband needs. Judy Brady describes the household chores that a mother goes through. Each day she has to wake up early in the morning in order to make sure that every member of the family eats a healthy breakfast, and prepare lunch for her child. On weekends, Mothers go grocery shopping. Also, mothers have to see that the family clothes are clean and iron. She has to keep track of who in the family needs new clothes. She has to ... make sure that their children are prepared for school, by registering them. In many other cases mothers have to sacrifice time in order to attend PTA meetings. So they know what's happening with their child's education. The final role a mother has to play is making room for the husband's sexual needs. She has to make sure the husband is well satisfied, while giving passionate love. Woman ...
- 1720: Abortion in Toni Morrison's Beloved
- Abortion in Toni Morrison's Beloved In the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison, the main character, Sethe, commits a crime unthinkable and incomprehensible to most people today. She murders her own child, her own flesh and blood. The institution of slavery drove Sethe to make this drastic decision. Comparing the situations of slavery to today's society is impossible. Yet, we still see mothers killing babies (or ... could always identify her mother. After her mother was hung, Sethe did examine her corpse, but was unable to locate the symbol on the decaying flesh. Imagining how these images design a psyche for a child, this memory would bruise them for eternity. These morbid rememories for Sethe are reminders for her that she is living in an imperfect society. As a slave Sethe was not suppose to love or want ... of freedom and then have it taken away from them. Giving away part of yourself out of love is a very powerful and haunting concept, which a mother has to live with forever. Beloved, the child killed by Sethe, comes back to haunt her. "The fingers touching the back of her neck were stronger now-the strokes bolder as though Baby Suggs were gathering strength. Putting the thumbs at the ...
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