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- 1331: The Catcher In The Rye: Holden
- ... speculated widely about the possible connection. This gave the book even more notoriety. So what is 'The Catcher In The Rye' actually about ? Superficially the story of a young man's expulsion from yet another school, 'The Catcher In The Rye' is in fact a perceptive study of one individual's understanding of his human condition. Holden Caulfield, a teenager growing up in 1950s New York, has been expelled school for poor achievement once again. In an attempt to deal with this he leaves school a few days prior to the end of term, and goes to New York to 'take a vacation' before returning to his parents' inevitable wrath. Told as a monologue, the book describes Holden's ...
- 1332: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden and Modern Teenagers
- ... talked about in the essay. The main subjects that are going to be discussed in this essay are academics, family, experiences and slang. I thought these four categories are interesting and easy to explain. In school, we are very similar in many ways. Both of us do not do well academically. We both have problems with grades in our classes. Holden failed four out of five of his classes while I ... is elsewhere in a reverie, day dreaming how to save the virtuous children from the evil. While studying away from his family makes Holden's relationship with his family worst. I study in a private school with my sister and we go home every day and meet our parents when we get home. Since Holden does not spend quality time with his parents long enough, he rarely talked about them in ... problem child, but if you compare Holden with a modern teenager closely, you will find that there are a number of similarities between the two teenagers. Holden is more experienced in independent living, but his school performance and his way of talking to his peers is the same the modern teenager. The only difference of Holden compared to the modern teenager is that he views about his family. This is ...
- 1333: The Catcher In the Rye: First Person Narration is Critical
- ... only with information of what occurred, but also how he felt about what happened. Holden's thoughts and ideas reveal many of his character traits. One late Saturday night, four days before the beginning of school vacation, Holden is alone, bored and restless, wondering what to do. He decides to leave Pencey, his school, at once and travels to New York by train. He decides that, once in New York, he will stay in a cheap motel until Wednesday, when he is to return home. His plan shows the ... who values honesty and sincerity. He is unimpressed with people who try to look good in other's eyes. Therefore, since it is obvious that Holden is bright, the reason for his flunking out of school would seem to be from a lack of interest. Holden has strong feelings of love towards children as evidenced through his caring for Phoebe, his little sister. He is protective of her, erasing bad ...
- 1334: David Copperfield
- ... is immediately angered that his mother has betrayed his father and goes off to live with his aunt. A while later, David goes back home but quickly gets into trouble and is sent off to school. Dickens uses excellent description in his telling of this story and the reader can easily relate to the characters. The setting of a small town in England is standard in all of his novels, including ... up to be a learned and distinguished man, crushed in my breast." This directly relates to Dickens discussion of David in a wine house later in the novel. A couple of years later, Dickens attends school at the Wellington House Academy where he fell in love with Maria Beadnell but her father opposed the marriage and nothing became of it. David Copperfield is more of a biography of Dickens life made ... classic and may be considered his best work. There are times when the novel moves slowly, but the positives outweigh the negatives and David Copperfield is a book for everyone. That summer after returning from school he finds his new baby brother, and doesn't exactly know what to think of the situation. He soon must leave again for school but is actually happy for his mother. He and his ...
- 1335: Cultural Literacy According to E.D. Hirsch
- ... This could be done by involving hands-on experiences in addition to a lesson or lecture. Too much of either type of education simply won't be advantageous to students once they are out of school. I found Cultural Literacy particularly interesting because of the fact that I am attending Colgate University, a liberal arts school. It is the mission of a liberal arts school to educate each student in several different areas and for each student to become knowledgeable of a core curriculum. In a sense, this is what Hirsch wants for every school in the United States. ...
- 1336: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden's Thoughts and Feelings
- ... only with information of what occurred, but also how he felt about what happened. Holden's thoughts and ideas reveal many of his character traits. One late Saturday night, four days before the beginning of school vacation, Holden is alone, bored and restless, wondering what to do. He decides to leave Pencey, his school, at once and travels to New York by train. He decides that, once in New York, he will stay in a cheap motel until Wednesday, when he is to return home. His plan shows the ... who values honesty and sincerity. He is unimpressed with people who try to look good in other's eyes. Therefore, since it is obvious that Holden is bright, the reason for his flunking out of school would seem to be from a lack of interest. Holden has strong feelings of love towards children as evidenced through his caring for Phoebe, his little sister. He is protective of her, erasing bad ...
- 1337: An Analysis of The Glass Menagerie
- ... looks at. Eventhough, it is very fragile, when put in the light the glass shines and produces a multitude of colors. This is the same way as Laura. When Laura is enrolled at the Business School she becomes very shy and embarrassed, hence causing her to become ill in the classroom. She can not bare to face those same faces again the next day and decides to give up on going ... the past, only when he enters into the apartment. Jim is not happy with working at the warehouse either. He is taking night classes and wants to become an executive someday. He becomes the high school hero again when Tom and Laura remember his glory days. They are the only ones that give him the feel of importance, of self-worth. Jim talks about how he was constantly surrounded by women and he feels a bit disappointed that his future did not turn out like his high school days. Jim is the only character in the play that still has a sense of reality. Eventhough he reminisces about high school, he still remembers that he is engaged. As Laura can not handle ...
- 1338: Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man": A Review
- ... great respect for him. However, there are instances when Stephen is angered by his fathers' actions, and resents his statements. The growing debts incurred by Simon lead to his son's transferring to a day school. Stephens' difficulties at his former educational institution are relayed by his father, much to the chagrin of the younger Dedalus. Later in the novel, Stephen loses even more respect for his father as the familys' debts continue to grow and they are forced to move. Once, when the two males travel to sell of the family estate, Simon returns to his former school and converses with his former classmates. Stephen is upset to hear of his father's wild behavior as a youth, and of his flirtatious nature. He begins to rebel against his strict upbringing, striking back at his familys' traditional values and way of life. Religion is an ever present force in Stephen's life. He attends a religious school from an early age, and is a devout Roman Catholic. He has great reference for the priests at his school, and even fears the rector. As his life progresses, Stephen experiences great feelings for ...
- 1339: Comparison of Margaret Mead's "Coming in Age" to Russian Youth
- ... and Lutheran are recognized by the Russian government, they are under strict control. They see attendance at church and religious rituals as politically disloyal acts (Shlapentokh, 1988, 124/25). Schools advocate parental attendance in after-school lectures encouraging atheism. Schools publish atheist magazines which mock religion and say that "religion is poison". History classes teach that Christianity started wars, killed millions and oppressed the masses. The young are taught that religion ... often subjected to humiliating interference in their private affairs. One student was humiliated in front of the whole class for having a "modern" hair-cut. Another, although pregnant, wanted to continue her studies at night school. She was treated like a delinquent and reprimanded for "loose behaviour" (Wilson, 1988, 47/48). Russian schools often cover up scandals to preserve their good name. In one instance Sasha Traskin was so badly beaten by bullies that he had to be hospitalized and the whole school board smothered the affair. In a collective, the failure of one pupil becomes a failure of the whole collective and the feeling of guilt is very strong. To avoid this, teachers often fix marks ...
- 1340: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
- ... of all these ways to be prosper. And Sam jus day dream bout what ever he could think of (Howard 11). Guess I would do the same if I was forced to sit in a school house some days myself. Now your probably thinkin why I said most in sted of all weekdays, well Sam did'nt care for his schoolin much and often played hooky (Paine 14). Ya see, cause ... wit em, did'nt care for em much myself so Sam would always make up stories, and adventures to says we was doin, when all we was really doin was lookin at boats, and missin school of course. Sam had many of brothers and sisters. I reckon he was never the lonely type cause he had many of siblins. There was Pamela, who was eight years older than ourselves. She was ... know him well cause he died at only ten and there was the little brother, Henry (Paine 16). Anyways, our schoolin continued, dull as ever. Well before we known it we had ourselves out that school. So Sam was not really sure bout what he wanted to do with em'self, so to make some money he followed his brother, Orion (Encarta). Ya see Orion had ju's bought himself ...
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