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- 1071: Catcher In The Rye 2
- Through Holden's Eyes The Catcher in the Rye has truly earned its place among great classic works. J. D. Salinger created a literary piece that was completely unique. The entire novel was written in the first person view of the 17-year-old, Holden Caulfield. The majority of the story ... and insight, irritation with people who rationalize with them, excessive spending of money, impaired decision making (instances of people going to live on the streets), cynicism, and paranoia. The mania will give way to severe depression, in some cases, in a matter of hours. The examples of the previous symptoms are demonstrated in Caulfield's monologues thoughts and dialogue. The instances of his jumping from topic to topic, and his insight and ideas, have already been discussed. Holden comments on his "little need for sleep" often like after the clubs close he says, "I wasn't sleepy or anything." A great amount of irritation is shown toward Sally when she points out flaws in his plans of running away. He becomes belligerent and tells her, "you give me a royal pain in the ass." In ...
- 1072: Homelessness
- ... PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH Homelessness severely impacts the health and well-being of every family member. Compared to poor children that are housed, children that are homeless experience worse health; more developmental delays; more anxiety, depression, some behavioural problems; and lower educational achievement (NCH, 1998). Furthermore, homeless children face obstacles to enrolling and attending school. Some of these difficulties include transportation problems, residency requirements, inability to obtain previous school records, and lack of clothing and school supplies. Parents also feel the harsh effects of homelessness. Homeless females tend to have chronic depression more frequently than housed females. Homeless mothers are also much more likely to attempt suicide than housed mothers (Bassuk et al., 1996). Homelessness very often results in the break up of families. Families are sometimes ... should be for the homeless, there is always shelters, which in most cases overflowing with homeless, and soup kitchens and organizations like street newspapers to raise money (James D. Wright, 1998). There is still a great need for more organizations and programs to help the homeless. Canada is far from dealing with the problem. Subsidized hosing is in great need, more shelters are needed, more jobs are needed, and basically ...
- 1073: Flying Towards Fate
- ... he knew and understood. Milkman’s conflict with the environment that he had been born into was intensified by the character of Hagar; his ex lover. Milkman was her happiness and “would ultimately be her depression as “Ecclesiasties” finally turned her success into failure, though Hagar exaggerated the loss and apparently was not aware of the biblical promise that her life would eventually regain confidence and prosperity” (Gialidis 1). After Milkman ... was the result of a never-ending love. Death was the only resolution to her burdens because her love for Milkman would never cease and she would have simply continued the cycle of stalking, murder, depression, and weak hope had she not died. Milkman’s agon serves as the rising action of the novel. The many conflicts that Milkman experiences are reflective of Greek tragedy. It is evident that all characters ... of painfully discovered and powerfully held connections about the possibility of transcendence within human life, in the time-scale of a single life” (Renyolds 1). The central relationship of Milkman and his father is of great importance in the relationship of the novel to Greek tragedy. His own fatal flaw plagues a tragic hero, which is frequently hubris, which results in the hero’s downfall. This arrogance is not represented ...
- 1074: Maya Angelou's “No Loser No Weeper”
- Maya Angelou's “No Loser No Weeper” In Maya’s Angelou “No Loser No Weeper”, one of her many poems, she describes the emotional state she endured growing up in the 1920’s during the Great Depression. Because of the suffering that she endured as an African American during the 1920’s, Angelou’s life made her far more than a loser or weeper instead she would be label as a poet ... understand her success, we must first understand her background. Maya Angelou grew up with her grandmother in Stamps Arkansas, along with her brother. Angelou has experienced a lot of negative things in her life: the Great De-pression, her parents’ deaths, racism, being raped at age eight, becoming an unwed mother at age sixteen, and soured marriages(Brown 25). This period in Angelou’s life constitutes much of the contents ...
- 1075: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... were developed, many people in Southern rural areas became extremely poor. Some moved to the city; others stayed on the land to try to get whatever was possible out of it. Then, in 1929, the Great Depression hit the United States. The farmers seemed to suffer most because they depended entirely upon their land for a living. Their crops rotted, and they had little or no money for seed. But, in 1932 ... ran up, touched the house, and ran back. As the three children stared at the old house, they thought they saw an inside shutter move. Comment Many themes and plot-themes emerge in Chapter 1. Great emphasis is placed on the world of Scout, Jem, and Dill - a small world bounded by a few houses and composed of only a few people. From the limited knowledge of this small childish ...
- 1076: The Defeat of the Axis Powers
- ... figures such as Teddy Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin had all made the most important decisions which in turn has provided the United States more power. Due to the demands of the war, the Great Depression had finally ended. This powerful victory has changed the position of United States in international affairs. On December 11, 1941, Hitler declared war on the United States. In the textbook it was not fully explained ... the weakness of America's military forces at Pearl Harbor. So, the merciless weazel decided to take advantage of the U.S. Now, the U.S. was concentrating on Japan but the Soviet Union and Great Britain work pressuring the United States to help them fight off the Germans. The U.S. decided to help the allies and yet still continued to fight off the Japanese. But in order for ...
- 1077: Psychological Bond Between Infants and Parents
- ... Having good attachment behaviors is vital for my personal life as well as occupation. It will have an effect on my marriage, in that if my husband failed to have such attachment it will cause great difficulty and strain due to his lack of emotion and ability to express himself to me. Also it is important for me to bond and attach to my children and vice versa. Without this they will lack the very essence of development which will cause great difficulties in their adult life. In my future profession, that being special education, I will need to be able to recognize children with attachment disorders. I feel that attachment is a very important aspect in ... and perceptions of parental caregiving. Journal of Personality, 66, 835-879. Bowlby, J. (1969). Attachment and loss: Vol. 1. Attachment. New York: Basic Books. Bowlby, J. (1980). Attachment and loss: Vol.3 Loss, sadness, and depression. New York: Basic Books. Elicker, M.F., Sroufe, L.A., and Egeland, B. (1992). Predicting Peer competence and peer relationships in childhood from Early parent-child relationships. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Feeney, J.A., and ...
- 1078: Offensive At St. Mihiel
- ... While planning was taking place, the British continued to argue that the American Army stay under command of the British forces. General Pershing responded: “I can no longer agree to any plan which involves the depression of our units....Briefly, our officers and soldiers alike are, after one experience, are no longer willing to be incorporated in other armies....The danger of destroying by such depression the fine morale of the American Soldier is too great.”1 550,000 Americans and 110,000 French were involved in this offensive. The amount of tanks and aircraft desired by the American force for an operation of this size was, very much lacking, ...
- 1079: Development of Major Political Parties in America
- ... platform based on probusiness policies, a belief in volunteerism and the ability of the American people to take care of their own problems without government intervention. The Democratic Party came back into control during the Great Depression when the Republican Policy was ineffective in relieving the economic problems. The Democrats dominated for the most part through the 1960s. However, the Republicans have won five of the last seven presidental elections. The current ... of the two party systems since 1854. Realignment of the parties have occurred about every 30 years. The first four were in 1828, 1860, 1896 and 1932 due to democratization of parties, slavery and the Great Depression. The Vietnam War and urban unrest caused what may have been the most recent realignment of the parties but the Republicans have not been altogether successful in this attempt, partly due to the ...
- 1080: Psychoanalysis
- ... emanating from the surrounding environment. Furthermore, the damage done to the basic psychological structures by traumatic experiences leaves those structures weakened and with defective functioning. Such conflicts and defects can cause intense ANXIETY and severe DEPRESSION. In order to keep functioning effectively, the ego attempts to maintain control by achieving some sort of compromise between the contending forces. Often such compromises appear in the form of inhibitions or compulsions that affect ... resulting disturbance is called a narcissistic personality disorder, or a disorder of the self. TREATMENT Patients seek psychoanalytic treatment because they suffer from one or more of a variety of psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression, sexual and other inhibitions, obsessive thoughts, compulsive actions, irrational angers, shyness and timidity, phobias, inability to get along with friends or spouses or co-workers, low self-esteem, a sense of feeling unfulfilled, nervous irritability ... a need to be appreciated by one's supervisors similarly to a child's needing approval from his or her parents. Frustration of these expectations may evoke immature rage or other immature behavior. Transference causes great distress, but it also makes treatment possible. The method of treatment seems simple at first. The patient reclines on a comfortable couch in the analyst's office with the analyst seated behind the patient. ...
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